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The word he's looking for is "gestalt". Objects that are grouped together are perceived to be related. Personally, I would not have put those global navigation
by walterk 18y ago
The word he's looking for is "gestalt". Objects that are grouped together are perceived to be related.
Personally, I would not have put those global navigation links anywhere near the user-specific links. Put global navs next to the GitHub logo, which is the global signifier supreme. All the variations Ryan proposes are merely slight improvements on a fundamentally flawed design. It's like trying to sharpen a spoon when what you need a knife.
The user-specific navigation choices are: all | public | private | sources | forks . You can put these in the upper right block instead.
By the way, you can learn the underlying principles behind this stuff very quickly by flipping through an HCI textbook. Just find a cheap, used copy of a well reviewed textbook online. Ryan's post has nice mockups of a real world example, but barely scratches the surface of the theory. More to the point, he entertains a totally flawed approach all throughout.
- andreyf 18y agoa well reviewed textbook online Have any recommendations? Everything I see sets of bullshit-alarms of one sort or another...
- walterk 18y agoThe one I have personal experience with is this: http://www.amazon.com/Human-Computer-Interaction-3rd-Alan-Dix/dp/0130461091/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231913751&sr=8-2 http://www.amazon.com/Human-Computer-Interaction-3rd-Alan-Di... Which is not particularly well reviewed, but it is adequate, and you can apparently get the 2nd edition for $1.27 + shipping. It's major problem, as with most textbooks, is that's it's written in dry, overly qualified prose. But it should still be skimmable. Honestly, these things are jam-packed with good, reliable information. I thought I knew a bunch after years of doing Donald Norman-esque analyses, but I still got a lot out of it. Just remember that it's less important to remember the theory than to have been exposed to it. It's enough just to have the concepts rattling around in your brain somewhere.