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Posted by dorayme on 12/30/05 01:38
Spartanicus wrote:
> Len Philpot <len@philpot.org> wrote:
>
> >> For a www site your personal preferences should be irrelevant, it should
> >> be aimed at users.
> >
> >Well, that preference was stated from the viewpoint /as/ a user
>
> It's a mistake to assume that others like what you like, some may,
> others will not.
OP has already indicated that he meant that he has tried to look at it
from the users point of view.
>
> >To me, a nav pane that out of sight is basically useless, since it
> >forces me to go to the browser controls anyway instead of using the
> >supplied page links.
>
> A choice for fixed navigation on the basis that you find it difficult to
> hit the Home key or some other method to get to the top of a document is
> not a good reason.
This is not what the OP is saying or meaning. He is imagining it from
the point of view of the user. I don't know too many folk who know what
the home button is when it is at home. OP is perfectly right that it is
somewhat absurd that a nav pane scrolls away. This is the price one
pays for better overall "non-frames" technology. But this is a
different thing. The lack of a sense of absurdity comes from
familiarity. There is a deep sense in which a scrolling away main nav
is absurd. Face absurdity honestly and squarely. You can do it
Spartanicus! :)
dorayme
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