Problems with the new design
| From: | Daniel Druliner | Date: | Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:13:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Problems with the new design | ||
| Groups: | php.mirrors | ||
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Just some feedback I thought I'd pass along RE: the new design.
The navigation has no focus indication. You can't tell which page you're on
by looking at the navigation. It's kind of like looking at the big map in
the mall with no "you are here" flag. Not a big deal on the FAQ page because
it says "frequently asked questions" in the headline right at the top.
However on the docs page it says "manual" in the header and on the support
page it says "mailing List" at the top of the page. Not super intuitive from
a usability standpoint.
Also it's kind of a drag that you can click the nav button for the page
you're on and reload it. Oh well. Makes me assume that you're using an
include for the nav. If so one of my favorite tricks is to have the include
be aware of the page that's includeing it. if script_name == 'support.php'
then search navbar for '<A HREF=''/support.php' and replace with
'<AHREF="/support.php' removing the space between the A and the HREF makes
it no longer a valid link, so you can't click on it, and since it's not a
link, it's not underlined so that provides the focus indication.
Also It's kind of a bummer that half of the navigation is located at the
bottom of the page. Some users may completely overlook this half of the
site.
Just a couple of nits. But overall the site rocks.
Thanks
later
dd