Comments on: Avoiding Useful Content with Slick Javascript http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Fri, 9 Jan 2009 03:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Zusch Login » Blog Archive » Of Magic and Machines http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-102092 Zusch Login » Blog Archive » Of Magic and Machines Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:16:10 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-102092 [...] Combo boxes may or may not require clicking a Go button. With AJAX, controls react in any old way. A link may act like a tab control or vice versa, to point to common example. The rule is Click Anywhere, Maybe It Does [...] [...] Combo boxes may or may not require clicking a Go button. With AJAX, controls react in any old way. A link may act like a tab control or vice versa, to point to common example. The rule is Click Anywhere, Maybe It Does [...]

]]> By: sylvanx http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-91162 sylvanx Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:36:32 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-91162 Unfortunately, much of the subtlety we designers adore so much is lost on real people ;-) Unfortunately, much of the subtlety we designers adore so much is lost on real people ;-)

]]> By: Brad http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-91147 Brad Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:30:17 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-91147 "...the <b>excitement</b> of the discovery?" LOL “…the excitement of the discovery?”

LOL

]]> By: Michael Zuschlag http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90971 Michael Zuschlag Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:30:59 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90971 Other than the inane content, the problem is that a link is simply the wrong control. This is a clear case where it should be a tab control (or tab imagery, as Kyle implies in 3). Other than the inane content, the problem is that a link is simply the wrong control. This is a clear case where it should be a tab control (or tab imagery, as Kyle implies in 3).

]]> By: Kyle http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90937 Kyle Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:10:21 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90937 Well, there's at least a few ways they could have handled this better, excluding just the full page transition: 1) Use the benefit of javascript to add a transition effect to the content, that way, at least the user notices the changes. 2) Give those links a different treatment than others, maybe give a subtle clue, blue links with a dashed underline to indicate that the links are going to behaving differently than standard blue links. 3) Visually connect the selected link with the content that's being swapped out, perhaps by moving the photo to the other side of the module, and adding a border or background around the link and the content that's been updated. I'm sure there's more, but those 3 stick out right away. Well, there’s at least a few ways they could have handled this better, excluding just the full page transition:

1) Use the benefit of javascript to add a transition effect to the content, that way, at least the user notices the changes.

2) Give those links a different treatment than others, maybe give a subtle clue, blue links with a dashed underline to indicate that the links are going to behaving differently than standard blue links.

3) Visually connect the selected link with the content that’s being swapped out, perhaps by moving the photo to the other side of the module, and adding a border or background around the link and the content that’s been updated.

I’m sure there’s more, but those 3 stick out right away.

]]> By: Livia Labate http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90915 Livia Labate Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:40:51 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/10/16/avoiding-useful-content-with-slick-javascript/#comment-90915 But Jared, what about the "brand mystique"? If you tell people exactly what you offer where is the excitement of the discovery? :P But Jared, what about the “brand mystique”? If you tell people exactly what you offer where is the excitement of the discovery? :P

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