Rob Stewart writes:
From: Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com>
Rob Stewart writes:
I don't find the enlarged text an improvement, particularly. In a sense, the enlarged size makes that text compete too much with the body text on the left 2/3.
Well, the navigation links are supposed to be easily identifiable at first glance. Besides, they don't really compete with the body text in
They should be easily identifiable when you look at that side of the page, but they shouldn't draw your attention to that side immediately. The larger text does the latter.
From a seasoned visitor's standpoint, I consider this to be a feature: I read the text only once, and the rest of the time what I want is to find the navigation links instantly. Falimiarity with the site's layout doesn't help as much as one would hope for here because usually you regularly visit more than just one site.
a sense that once you start reading it, you concentrate all your attention on the flow and simply don't notice what's around it (much as you don't notice the ads and the likes when you are reading a news site). IMO from usability standpoint the larger size is an improvement.
Did you find the smaller text somehow unreadable?
Yes, I find that I actually have to read what the links say before clicking, while with the larger text I recognize what I'm looking for "instantly".
I like the consistent treatment of links. I don't like the selected color as the contrast is too low.
FWIW, it works for me. The links are clearly distinguishable from the plain text.
Yes, they are distinguishable. The problem is, they are harder to read because of the lower contrast.
Lower contrast between the links and the text or the links and the background?
The subtle difference for visited links is fine, but the selected color has even less contrast, so it is a poor choice.
Again, it's clearly distinguishable, which IMO makes it an acceptable choice (although may be not the best one).
Readability is of great concern, not just distinguishability.
No argument here. -- Aleksey Gurtovoy MetaCommunications Engineering