Dan, I totally agree - it reminds me of Web 1.0 and using the blink tag, the page was just missing a few animated gifs and an "under construction" gif to top it off.
I do see other more fun uses for it though: how about a quiz where you see the question, and hover over to get this effect to show the answer. In terms of UI though, it's not that great. On 09/08/07, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Klaus, > > >Nice effect! > > > >But hey, creating a new domain and on top calling it "A new way of > >linking" is a little over the top I think ;-) > > > >If all the links on a page would constantly behave like that I'd go > >crazy - man, that would be annoying... > > When I first saw that page a couple of days ago, the first thought I had is: > Ok, so what UI benefit does this offer the user? > > While eye candy can be nice, I don't really see any benefit to the user. I'm > very much a form over factor guy, so I want to make sure if I'm introducing > new behaviors that they're benefiting the user (at least I try to make that > happen--some times a client demands something that is purely for eye candy.) > > -Dan > > -- Tane Piper http://digitalspaghetti.me.uk This email is: [ ] blogable [ x ] ask first [ ] private
