[NewMusic] Barry's $.02

[Brady Sharp]

It's a left brain vs. right-brain thing.  Despite all of the web
usability "experts" railing against "cryptic and imaginative"
websites, I think there is a place for them.  Parallels can be drawn
to the types of music we play and the criticism that draws as well.

Regardless, Aurora, thanks for the pictures.  I always enjoy them, and
it makes me dream of moving the family to the bay area to be a part of
it all.


Brady


On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:25 AM, barry threw <bthrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not looking for design input, just corrections to the events on my
>  > PHLOG, i.e.
>
>  Just giving you feedback from the experience I had on your site. If
>  anyone gets to your site via any deeplink, such as you linked from
>  this list, then they wouldn't have any idea what your navigation
>  symbols meant. As I didn't.
>
>
>  > And speaking of navigation, yours could be a little more prominent,
>  > don't you think?
>
>  No, I don't think so. I thought about this for awhile, and decided to
>  display often updated content prominently, and that anyone looking for
>  other sites could find the navigation, albeit small. Plus, the content
>  in those areas is so specific that people would come to those pages
>  looking specifically for what they wanted. I don't think you actually
>  were interested in my design decisions though, so I'll spare you
>  belaboring my explanation. Thanks for visiting my site though.
>
>
>  > But seriously, if you were to explore the site a little further, you
>  > would find labels for the "cryptic" symbols on the splash page.
>
>  I did. However, even after seeing them once, I didn't memorize all the
>  symbols and what they meant, so I had to navigate back to home every
>  time I wanted to change sections which made the sub-page navigation
>  useless to me, hence the feedback.
>
>
>  > Do I need to spell everything out all the time?  Whatever happened
>  > to using one's imagination and investigative skills?
>
>  No. You don't have to. If you think your current design meets your
>  intentions then thats just fine.
>
>
>  > Next time, how about we take the constructive criticism off list?
>
>  I am sorry if this caused you discomfort. If I thought it would be a
>  comment that would embarrass or distress you in any way, I wouldn't
>  have posted it. Please accept my apology.
>
>  b
>
>
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