Posted by Jim Higson on 10/31/05 10:29

Jemdam.com wrote:

>>>
>>> http://www.pixelverts.com
>>>
>>> Please leave feedback so I can fine tune the last 10%.
>>
>> A couple of times I clicked "add... " and got a closed connection.
>
> That may be my host, it can be a bit poor sometimes!
>
>>
>> Just out of interest, what do you see as the draw for normal users to
>> visit
>> your site? There doesn't seem to be content other than adverts, and it is
>> difficult to see where the adverts lead. Are you hoping people will
>> regularly use it as a portal site?
>
> The draw is just all the other people coming to keep their adverts live.
> When the pages are full the traffic volume will be very high.

So the target user is advert placers and their users trying to keep on the
site?

>> As a bit of usability feedback, why not give the ad links a title so
>> people
>> know what kind of site they're visiting before they click? I can't think
>> why I'd just click an image of a pumpkin or the letter "i" with no idea
>> where it would take me. I mean, it could be *anything*, or is that the
>> point?
>
> There is a technical reason for this. If I used an image map and an alt
> tag for a title then the HTML page would be close to 1 meg just for the
> image map. I agree it would be nice but the surprise element could be a
> good thing.

Oh, I see. It's just one big image, I imagined they'd all be little seperate
ones.

FYI, the title attribute should be used for giving links a title, not alt.
MSIE happens to display alt text as a popup when hovering a link, but
that's only because they don't really understand the spec very well, all
browsers would show the title attribute.

> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> http://www.pixelverts.com

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