I have been working in the web design/development community since 1998 and it seems like every time the web takes a step forward it means two steps back for developers. A lot of the same issues that plagued developers when dial-up was still predominant are issues still today. Not because people are on dial-up, but […]
Web Design It's Not Just For PCs Anymore
Filed Under: Design, JavaScript, Navigation, Technology Tagged With: code, Design, designers, designing, devices, interface, iphone, mouse, mouse over, site, touch, touch device, touchsmart, web, web design
Content as Navigation Steering the Course
Picking up on the last posting, what exactly is content as navigation? To me it’s something we’re already seeing on sites like Amazon, but as more services open up that offer content streams and feeds, we need to start to think of ways to use this content. It’s not enough to simply get an RSS […]
Filed Under: Navigation, Web 2.0 Tagged With: content, current feed, elements, feed, feeds, information, layer, Navigation, platform, related content, sites, Web 2.0, web design
Which Came First Content or Navigation?
Actually this post should probably be titled “Which is More Important Content or Navigation?” The term “content is king” has been around for at least as long as I have been involved in web design which is quite some time. I have heard this saying repeated over and over. However in the other corner you have the usability group usually lead by Jakob Nielsen which leads me to the question; after your sites aesthetics which is more important to a users experience content or navigation?
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