On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 00:47, Osma Ahvenlampi wrote: > That's probably very good for you because you've learnt to distinguish > sites from their layout due to you profession, but I don't think it > works too well with the average user. Hell, I work with web sites too > (though as a programmer, not as a designer), and I can't remember what > sites look like. > > Besides, I don't think there's that much variance in the layouts of most > (mainstream) sites. Art/design sites are a whole different matter, but > business/consumer sites organize themselves the same way so that the > users wouldn't have a hard time adjusting to them. > > I do remember the logos of the sites I frequent, though. Makes sense, > because logos are designed to be easily distinguishable and remembered. > And Ephy bookmark editor shows you the favicon for a site, if there is > one. I've made a quick prototype of how this could be lain out (based off the galeon bookmarks since it was what I had open at the time); I used a 80x85 thumbnail of the sites. You'd be surprised how much "the common user" can benefit from just a bit more data. Another factor I didn't realize is that when a site doesn't have a favicon, it will still generate a thumbnail and make itself more distinguishable based off of that image. Since this would take up a lot more vertical space, maybe a double or triple column would help put more pages on screen at once. I'm sure you don't doubt whether this is a benefit to include, but more of if it is worth someones time to code up. -- Eric Zeitler <ezeitler@psl.nmsu.edu> Physical Science Laboratory
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