[Sigia-l] seeking rules

Anthony Hempell hempell at sfu.ca
Wed May 1 12:39:07 EDT 2002


[cough]

 
> I have to say at least the 7+/-2 rule is at least based on psychological
> research.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> George Supreeth
> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 5:06 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org; Christina Wodtke
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] seeking rules
> 
> 
> Christina, my 10 Cents worth....
> 
> - Mark all mandatory fields with a red asterisk
> - Left ALign forms (50%) no no right align forms (the remaining 50%)
> - Call the first page HOME coz if it isn't what is it?
> - Users scan images first
> - The 7+2 rule
> - The ideal page size does not exceed 60k
> - USEIT has the ideal page size (followed by "he is the leading
> authority you know....)
> - Keep mandatory links at the bottom of the page (you know... privacy
> policy... )
> - Don't put in more than 10 checkboxes in a single page
> 
> will mail more after i meet with my PM.
> 
> George \ Cincinnati
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> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Christina Wodtke" <cwodtke at eleganthack.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:48:48 -0700
> 
> >Hey all,
> >
> >I'm seeking "rules of web design" that are absolute and erroneous in their
> >over-simplicity. Such as "users don't read" "users don't scroll" "Have only
> >seven links on a page" and so on.
> >
> >Anyone have any of these (anecdotes not necessary, but always welcome for
> >entertainment value)
> >
> >thanks!
> >
> >
> >christina wodtke
> >http://www.boxesandarrows.com
> >
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