Web Design - Fold
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- UKV0
I guess what I meant by that is that its a slippery slope to embrace "rules" that we make up instead of thinking from a clean slate. We make boundaries for the work and then try to fill in the template marquee area. We think in grid and system fonts instead of doing whatever is right for the strengthening our most relevant ideas with the perception changing power of a unique design that is daring enough to lead a user (vs passively reacting). We are also guilty of pretending that users know the "fold" exists and that they don't know how to scroll or maybe its just too much work (heaven forbid we ask them to interact... gasp!). Sadly, the act of assuming the worst of a user and then spoon feeding them information is often the most damming component of a user's experience.
Ultimately I would argue that what is relevant is far more important than what is limiting. Constraints are not a healthy starting point, ideas without predetermined outcomes are.
- lambsy0
every time a dezigner mentions the fold an asshole earns his wings
- CyBrain0
This should answer ANY question about the fold for any browser on Mac or PC: http://www.designerstoolbox.com/…
- people don't maximize their browser window so those resolutions are bullshit... nice resource tho! thnkszarkonite
- jevad0
There. Is. No. Fucking. Fold.
- studderine0
i've worked with guys who have their MS in HCI and they have told me there some legitimacy to the "fold". however, its more or less a legacy usability idea from days of AOHELL. i try to tell clients that there really isn't a fold anymore, but its seems many of them know what this is now. its weird!
- studderine0
i've worked with guys who have their MS in HCI and they have told me there some legitimacy to the "fold". however, its more or less a legacy usability idea from the days of AOHELL. i try to tell clients that there really isn't a fold anymore, but its seems many of them know what this is now. its weird!
- studderine0
to err on the side of "the fold", i've watch usability tests where, say, on web-based step-by-step application, users were confused on to continue through the process because the button was placed beneath "the fold". in regards to a web-app, this makes sense.
- studderine0
^fuck i cant type. but you get what im saying..
- designbot0
I was just thinking about this very topic...well specifically web standards. I think 99% of these standards are shit. There a of course general guidelines to web design, but trying to design around most of them is a terrible idea. Screw the fold. It's called putting the most pertinent info towards the top of the page...common sense!
I just got done designing a few pages of a site from wire frames that completely restricted what I could do because some high level "web experts" thought this is what needed to go on the page. As I sit back and look at it, I'm really disappointed. When too many people get together (or even one person) and think too hard about designing a web site, the end result is a convoluted mess. Once again the bureaucracy here at my work has squashed what could have been something awesome.
//end rant
- it's called "design by committee" and it never works.bulletfactory