< Nate Smith
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- bigtrick
gives us a horribly unintuitive and frustrating way to view a portfolio site :(
- welded0
http://nsmith.com/
It's a lot easier if you just use the tab key.
- ********0
good: The workd
good: trying something new
bad: actually navigating the site. it really is hard.
good: nate is actually a really great guy
- imnotnate0
hehe i totally agree with you... it is "horribly unintuitive"
if anyone cares where i'm coming from with it:
i was studying for my level 1 professional avalanche course (which i'm in the middle of right now) and i was drawing some symbols in illustrator that represent different snow compression test results to help me study.
i decided to whip up a quick nav based on a snow pit. for those that don't know, you basically dig a big hole in the snow and then investigate the layers and do a bunch of sciency shit with it.
hence, as with a snow pit, with the nav on my site you have to 'dig through the snow' and find layers. each layer tells a story... of a snowfall, a bond to a different layer, or, in this case, a project.
different projects are given different thicknesses and symbols representing various things, as with snow.
from more of a design angle - i definitely wasn't trying to make it usable, i was trying to have a bit of fun and i do hope that (while not intuitive)you at least find it interesting!
- welded0
Interesting to get the original theory of it spelled out like that. It doesn't often happen 'round here.
- gabe0
nate smith, you owe me a new computer and cmonitor. i just threw my shiny brand new mac intel through the window and my cinema display was tethered to it.
oh, and a keyboard as well
- gabe0
nice work inside though!
- jaylarson0
i am too impatient for the site. it took too long to load.
i highly recommend the book, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug. It has helped me greatly at times.
peace.
- CyBrain0
I'll take your words for it that the work was good. I gave up trying, even with the tab key.
Sorry, but I have one word for you, Nate.
Redesign.
- saint_x0
circle . . . crosshair . . . x . . . >
takes a little patience, but not all THAT complicated.
something different. that's why we love nate!!
that office max thing still has me rolling on the floor.
- hardface000
Another great example of good works with a crappy usability and navigation.
- JerseyRaindog0
I gave it 10 seconds and gave up. I'm sure the works good but I'll never know.
*gets on with the umpteen jobs he has to do today.