 |
 |
Hi Mike Re: On these really rich sites I always want a bit more guiding - knowing how and what to search for is an area where I think most non-museum/gallery users could do with some hand-holding. There's a bit of this here, but personally I always like to see more.. Just a quick note to say that because the JISC funding was to produce a resource for FE & HE audiences that use the Pre-Raphaelites as part of their courses/research that this was our target audience and this is who we did our audience research and usuability research with etc - I think we would have produced a different sort of website otherwise. However, we were always aware that we would also have a big public interest and I hope that anyone with an interest in the Pre-Raphaelites will enjoy looking at this site. Best wishes Linda Hey Linda Lovely site - really like the features like the ajax search filter - very intuitive. Great design, friendly URLs, not too much gratuitous web2(!). On these really rich sites I always want a bit more guiding - knowing how and what to search for is an area where I think most non-museum/gallery users could do with some hand-holding. There's a bit of this here, but personally I always like to see more.. Picky usability points: I'd personally move the search box up so it is on the "search the collection" tab so that the search box is associated with the filter. Also I think "inline glossary" needs a bit more explanation - just a better ALT or a little info-window when you hover over it, maybe.. I'm also always going to ask: "where is the API?" just as a matter of course from here on up :-) Re. people without the Silverlight plugin: I'm guessing that the zoom view degrades in some graceful way for those who don't have it...? Silverlight is apparently at around 20% penetration (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/652717/silverlight-penetration- rate/652756) (although this seems a pretty high estimation to me?) wheras Flash is now at about 97% (Flash 7) to 87% (Flash 10) (see http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetratio n.html). "Deep Zoom" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspx) is (I'm guessing) the reason why Silverlight was chosen over Flash... cheers Mike Mike Ellis Professional Services Group Eduserv [log in to unmask] tel: 01225 470522 mob: 07017 031522 fax: 01225 474301 www.eduserv.org.uk **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk. To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email.shtml ****************************************************************