Left Right Scrolling - Thanks

Thanks to everyone who wrote with feedback on my question of left to right 
scrolling.

My understanding from people's comments is that it if it is done right, it 
can be tasteful.  If it is done badly - well we dont want to think too much 
about that!  Keep lines of text short, make sure there is NO up down 
scrolling, and of course provide the page in an alternate form for people 
who use screen readers or text-only browsers, WebTV and for 
printer-friendly too.

We think we might experiment with format like that on our "special 
interest" type pages (as opposed to our main content pages) and see what 
users think.  At first I was strongly against this, but after hearing 
everyone's comments, I think we can give it a shot and see if the 
unfamiliarity of side scrolling is going cause users more headaches or 
not.  I also personally think we can do just as well with a vertical layout 
(and I find it much easier to use).  But cleverness is sometimes an asset 
in our business, keeps people coming back...so perhaps in the future we 
shall try it and see how it flies.

Thanks again for all your comments!
(and if you think I missed something feel free to send me a message, I am 
happy to discuss this further)

-Michelle




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Michelle Brown
Web Site Specialist
Student Academic Affairs
University of Oregon

mab(at)oregon.uoregon.edu
(541) 346-1172

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