[Sigia-l] Are web users more sophisticated
Dan Linsky
danl at davidandgoliath.com
Wed Jul 14 15:52:48 EDT 2004
I think the idea is that the web is not as foreign as it used to be to
most people. It is still a good idea to employ metaphors and paradigms
in your interface, which will be true until the end of time. If you
have an opportunity to push the boundaries a bit though, I believe that
most people are familiar enough with flash or roll-over menus and the
like to "figure out" your scheme.
In the past flash or acrobat was not integrated into IE. Now it is, and
PDF is everyday language. While the users may not be more
sophisticated, they have learned to use the web.
I also believe that people are tired of seeing the same old thing.
People enjoy a new interface from time to time, as opposed to every
commercial site who caters to middle America with the left navigation,
etc.
Dan Linsky
Information Architect | Slingshot, LLC.
208 N. Market St., Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75202
(469) 227-3158
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From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Subir Kumedan
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:54 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: [Sigia-l] Are web users more sophisticated
Hi everyone,
I was recently at a BayCHI seminar about web applications & widgets
replacing HTML. Part of their
arguement was that webusers are more sophisticated - that they can
handle uncommon interfaces, and
are not afraid to try new modes of navigation.
That to me raised the question - are they really. Or is it a moving
target, since there are more
new web users coming in and replacing the once-inexperienced users.
What is your take on it.
A couple of years ago there was a statistic published that as much as
60% of the users to the
Yahoo portal went and typed in URLs in Yahoo's search box. Does anyone
know who the source behind
that was, and what the current estimate may be.
Cheers,
Subir
Subir Kumedan
eBusiness Specialist
MARGI Systems - A Harman International Company
w: http://www.margi.com
p: http://alwaysoutbound.com
m: http://alwaysoutbound.com/pda
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