Re: annoying websites

Absolutely.  Additionally -- bear in mind that a good design includes 
visuals that FUNCTION to draw us to specific content.

At 09:50 AM 7/8/01 +0100, Paul Roberts wrote:
>there have been studies using lasers to determine where people looked on a
>web page, pictures came out low on the list, people read the content first.
>
>Paul Roberts
>
>roberts_paul(at)bigfoot.com
>+++++++++++++++++++++
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lauren Hanka" <bluejay(at)starband.net>
>To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 6:46 AM
>Subject: Re: annoying websites
>
>
>| Yeah... and you know what they really like? Pictures... *BIG,* clear,
>| pictures! So how do we balance load time/picture size to make everyone
>| happy?
>|
>| Lauren
>|
>|
>| ----- Original Message -----
>| From: "Cook, Shelby" <scook(at)equibase.com>
>| To: <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
>| Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:52 AM
>| Subject: RE: annoying websites
>|
>|
>| > This may have been it's origins but it is mainstream now and the
>| population
>| > of the net is quite different today.  Perhaps you are only interested in
>| > sharing ideas on your websites.  I'm not.  I'm out to gather customers
>and
>| > get them to buy something.  Most of them are not web-literate (heck,
>half
>| of
>| > them aren't computer literate).  People are influenced by many things,
>| > content being only one of them.  Color, size, shape, layout and even
>fonts
>| > all have an effect on people, although for most it is subconscious.
>Part
>| of
>| > gathering my customers is showing them appealing images, colors, etc.
>| > Visual interest is important in attracting people to your site, content
>| will
>| > keep them coming back.  Yes, there are some instances where the content
>is
>| > the attractant but for the mainstream user, it also means using all
>| elements
>| > of the design to influence your customers into staying long enough to
>want
>| > to return (including shiny objects, if warranted).
>| >
>| > Shelby Cook
>| >
>| > > -----Original Message-----
>| > > From: bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com [mailto:bryan.westbrook(at)amd.com]
>| > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:01 PM
>| > > To: hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
>| > > Subject: RE: annoying websites
>| > >
>| > >
>| > > Actually, they know they have something worthwhile to say and
>| > > that they
>| > > don't have to lure readers in with a bunch of flashy
>| > > gee-gaws.  The WWW was
>| > > created to exchange ideas, not to tantalize surfers like a
>| > > bunch of babies
>| > > staring at shiny objects.
>| > >
>| > >
>| > > -----Original Message-----
>| > > From: Hough, Jonathan (TWIi London) [mailto:JHough(at)twii.net]
>| > > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:05 AM
>| > > To: 'Michael Wilson'; 'rudy'; hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
>| > > Subject: RE: annoying websites
>| > >
>| > >
>| > > don't you think these jakob nielsens, eric steven raymonds
>| > > just promote what
>| > > they call useable sites (ie no graphics, backward compliant)
>| > > because they
>| > > can't actually design?
>| > >
>|
>|

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Chris Hawkins
Web Architect / UI and Design
650-620-9524 h
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The idea is not to make art, but to be in that wonderful state which makes art
  inevitable.   	-- Robert Henri





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