wwp@yahoogroups.com:
icons on Full-Screen
Caroling Geary 2005-Apr-02 11:38:00
Please take this criticism constructively. This is my opinion and
suggestion.
The Full-Screen icons are visually distracting.
In stark black and white, they draw the eye away from the panorama. I
don't use them. But if users like them, they should be muted and
discrete. They should not be the most visually arresting items on the
page. A panorama is a photograph and a work of art. Give it the full
screen it deserves.
If the page background must be black, make the lettering a neutral
tone, not as bright as white. Off-white. Make the background color of
each icon a darker tone, between the neutral and black. Visually, the
icons should recede and not call attention to themselves.
If you don't get my point, ask designers of art presentation sites.
Here's an example from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. On this
page:
http://www.sfmoma.org/bechtle/index.html
click "Start Program"
It uses Flash and QT. Clicking "Gallery" you get a series of
thumbnails. Notice the small labels under each thumbnail. Colored, but
not black. If you click an image, a slide-show starts. Notice how the
controller bar is neutral. Icons are small. They are close to the same
value as the background. They are clear and useful, but they do not
overpower the photograph. Notice the "back" arrow. Subtle.
I appreciate the effort and achievement in creating the WWP site.
Thanks to all.
--
Caroling http://www.wholeo.net/