[Sigia-l] seeking rules

[Sean Lawrecen]

I didn't say it made it applicable to information design!

:)

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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
Anthony Hempell
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:39 AM
To: slawrence at lucidvagary.com
Cc: george at ivistasolutions.com; sigia-l at asis.org; 'Christina Wodtke'
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] seeking rules


[cough]


> I have to say at least the 7+/-2 rule is at least based on psychological
> research.
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> -----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
>
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> 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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