Re: [Sigia-l] Mixed lists
Peter Van Dijck <[email protected]>
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Yes, that's exactly what I was talking about :) I see this more and more, I think it's all about managing attention and don't make the user think. I think there are probably some design thoughts to be extracted from that practice somewhere... Thanks for the example Louise! Peter On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Louise Hewitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > Nice post. > > We are redeveloping our corporate site and are using WordPress so that we > can easily populate and repurpose content. As a result we've created a mixed > list of recent items on the home page - don't know if this fits your model, > but it goes something like this: > > dd-mm-yyyy > NEWS - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > dd-mm-yyyy > NEWS - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > dd-mm-yyyy > BLOG - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > dd-mm-yyyy > JOB - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > dd-mm-yyyy > NEWS - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > dd-mm-yyyy > CLIENT - Lorum ipsum blah blah blah > > Seemed like a nice way of keeping things updated without cluttering the > interface with loads of different elements. > > User sees a list of new stuff, Labels tell the users what kind of stuff > each new thing is 1+ 1 bit of mental processing > > instead of > > User sees a list of new stuff, new stuff is type blah, User sees a list of > new stuff, new stuff is type blah, User sees a list of new stuff, new stuff > is type blah, > 1+1(n) bits of mental processing. > > Does anyone have any examples to hand of other sites that use this pattern? > If for no other reason than to convince my devs it's a good idea! > > Ta, > > Lou. > > On 21 Feb 2009, at 13:36, Peter Van Dijck wrote: > > I wrote a blogpost on the tendency to focus attention with mixed lists, > would love feedback/thoughts/other examples: > http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2009/02/21/4459/mixed-lists > > Cheers, > Peter > > -- > me: http://petervandijck.com > blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/ > global UX consulting: http://290s.com > free travel guides: http://poorbuthappy.com > US: (+1) 201 467-5511 > Belgium: (+32) 03/325 88 70 > Skype id: peterkevandijck > ------------ > IA Summit 2009: > Peabody Hotel in Memphis > Pre cons on March 18 and 19 > Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 > ----- > When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. > *Plain text, please; NO Attachments > > Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ > ________________________________________ > Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] > Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l > > > --------------------- > > Louise Hewitt > Head of User Experience > > Semantico, Floor 1, 21-23 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3FE > t: +44 1273 358211 > f: +44 1273 723232 > e: [email protected] > w: www.semantico.com > > -- me: http://petervandijck.com blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/ global UX consulting: http://290s.com free travel guides: http://poorbuthappy.com US: (+1) 201 467-5511 Belgium: (+32) 03/325 88 70 Skype id: peterkevandijck ------------ IA Summit 2009: Peabody Hotel in Memphis Pre cons on March 18 and 19 Sessions on March 20, 21, 22 ----- When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible. *Plain text, please; NO Attachments Searchable Archive at http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/ ________________________________________ Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: [email protected] Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l