[Sigia-l] Instructive Interaction vs. Contextual Help vs. Print Documentati on

John O'Donovan jod at badhangover.net
Wed May 14 22:19:42 EDT 2003


> No wonder many users found the "Click Here
> to Begin" animated caption annoying and asked to disable it.

Yep - it just looked like such an afterthought being very poorly integrated,
and seemed to pop up at random.

In this context, one way animation can work well is as a guiding tool when
the user is doing something for the first time, appears to be stuck or asks
for help. Being able to switch on and off such a help mode would also then
be essential.

Cheers,

jod




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