Hi Matthew
I think it looks great, much fresher, lots more choices. I like the way
you highlighted browsing by gallery too, making connection with real museum
stronger.
Within tours/object pages, would reduce mousing to and fro if you could
click on the enlarged image for the JS 'back' to the page with the descn
and several images, rather than having to move over to the one of the Back
arrows?
The Tours look really engaging too, with so many of them to choose
from. Looking good!
Best
Martin
At 11:43 11/02/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>A new design for COMPASS
>The British Museum's collections online
>www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass
>
>The British Museum is proud to announce the launch of the new look COMPASS.
>While it is updated with new objects and tours every month, this is the
>first major change to the design and layout of the COMPASS site since
>launch in June 2000.
>
>1) A new 'look-and-feel'
>
>The new design brings the site closer to children's COMPASS (launched 2002)
>and the Museum's branding. The design is much cleaner and fresher, and
>introduces a bold use of colour in the page layout to help navigation.
>
>2) A new Home
>
>The new home page has many more links, providing more points of access to
>objects, and tours, making it more accessible to those who may not be
>familiar with the collections.
>
>3) A new Tours page
>
>The site was first launched with only two online tours. Now with around
>sixty, we've re-designed the page to display them in geographical regions,
>following the zoning of the physical Museum.
>
>4) Improved layout for tours
>
>The tree-structure tours are much easier to navigate, with less scrolling.
>
>5) Index Search
>
>Previously the main way in to the site was by user searches. Now visitors
>can also browse the indexes, which means those less familiar with the
>collections or without a particular aim to their visit are more likely to
>find something of interest.
>
>We welcome your feedback. Please e-mail us at
>[log in to unmask] if you have any comments or questions, about
>the new design or COMPASS in general.
>
>
>Matthew Cock
>New Media Content Manager
>Education and Information
>The British Museum
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>direct line 020 7232 8169
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