[NewMusic] Barry's $.02

[Ron Lettuce]

FYI, I thought cryptic was a good thing, it's not yahoo, it doesn't need to comply with anyones particular perceptions except Aurora's, why does everyone on this list automatically assume that every comment is immediately hostile, and needs defending against...

BTW...on the Lettuce/Threw consulting issue, missing the alt tag does not comply with Strict DTD HTML code, which (looking directly at the source) is clearly missing...including the alt tag would at least give most users a mouseover description (not how it was intended to be used), or when the link is broken or pics can not be downloaded an alternate text to display to show what is missing...when I went there, I needed to look at the link where the pic would send me to make sure it didn't say something like "installbackdoortrojanbot.exe"



lettuce



----- Original Message ----
From: Brady Sharp <bradysharp at gmail.com>
To: Bay Area New Music Discussion Group <newmusic at music.mills.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:14:53 AM
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] Barry's $.02

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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