Posted by rf on 08/21/06 07:58

"Rik" wrote:
> Greg N. wrote:

>> But it is not surprising that these eytracking studies show little
>> attention to the right hand side of web pages, because most web pages
>> don't have much there to look at. To conclude that right hand menus
>> would be inferior is daring.
>
> Not really inferior, not at all actually. However, since people are
> 'trained' to scan in an F-like pattern, and the internet public is very
> fast in leaving a site, you could well lose some visitors who cannot spot
> you navigation in a split second. Ergonomically there is nothing wrong
> with
> it.

Perhaps actually superior. If the *content* is on the left then you grab
your audience straight away. This of course assumes that the relevant
content *is* on the front page.

What is more eye catching, some jucy information or a bunch of links to
elsewhere in the site?

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Cheers
Richard.

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