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Posted by Animesh K on 08/14/07 22:30
Bernhard Sturm wrote:
> Animesh K wrote:
>>
>> Again for selling, I said sites which "ship" (like amazon, dell etc.)
>> unlike companies which sell soft products or data organization tools.
>
> What would be the difference for products you can ship against products
> you can download in relation to tag-clouds?
If I go to flickr and view a photo under flowers category, chances are I
am interested in nature's photos. So a tag cloud with landscapes,
seascapes, mountains etc. can be shown to me for further viewing.
If I am customizing a Dell computer, or buying a mouse at buy.com, where
and what will be the nature of tag-cloud? Unless you have other
suggestions.... I haven't seen a site selling stuff with a tag-cloud yet.
As far as I understand, data has relational properties, while objects of
purchase --- though related --- are pretty different. Amazon does have a
nice model to show related purchases (What do people buy eventually who
look at this item?). But this is very different from a tag-cloud.
>
>> Btw, one question: Do you think links in tag-clouds should be
>> underlined? Jukka did have a point that nothing looks like a hyperlink
>> ... and I think underlines improve the reading (at least they tell
>> which words are grouped).
>
> Who said that links need to be underlined? It all depends on the way how
Nobody said so. It is a convention however and usually links are styled
differently than text. If a page has no text but only links, a new or
non-net savvy user will get confused.
> you visually communicate all other links on your site. In general you
> should not disturb your visitors by introducing different ways of
> link-styles. If you have introduced a consistent link-style at your
> website (that is well distinguishable as a link-style), then you should
> also use this visual style for your tag cloud links. Consistency is the
> keyword to usability and not 'underline every link'.
True true! So underlining makes sense at my site since I use icons for
4-5 common tasks and underlined links for other. Thank you.
>
> cheers
> bernhard
>
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