Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: my.userland - comments and and idea

Author:	Jim Roepcke
Posted:	6/12/1999; 3:40:20 PM
Topic:	New UI for My.UserLand.Com
Msg #:	7283 (In response to 7270)
Prev/Next:	7282 / 7284

One of the risks for hi-liting the color of items that have changed is losing the Web's basic mechanisms for showing where you've been. Breadcrumbs and all that.

In Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Rosenfeld and Morville said:

Don't paint your stop sign green just because it matches the color of a nearby building.

This was in the context of the BODY tag's LINK, ALINK and VLINK attributes. They (and other usability gurus) suggest that those colours not be interfered with unless absolutely necessary.... matching the colour of a nearby building (ie: graphic or logo) doesn't count.

Jim

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