[Sigia-l] Usability on "The Fold"

[chaniyas at nyc.rr.com]

Hi everyone,
 
I’m doing research on the new “fold” for my company website.   The latest
article from Jakob Nielsen looks at Scrolling and Scrollbars, and appears
to make some good points about how poorly designed scrollbars can frustrate
uses, create accessibility challenges, and cause people to miss
information. 

One of the statements he makes is: “Display all important information above
the fold. Users often decide whether to stay or leave based on what they
can see without scrolling.”
With more people used to the idea that the information on their screen will
scroll, is it as important to have everything "above the fold?". Also, as
of last year, we had some findings that monitor sizes greater than 1024x768
account for 63% of internet users hence the use of the 800x600 monitor
screen is declining.
 
Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback on what the “new” fold is?
 
 
Thanks so much!
Chaniya Suebsanguan
Information Architect
WeightWatchers.com 


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