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Re: SIGIA-L: how Spartan can a first page design be?

From: Kathi McCracken (kathi_at_mccrackendesign.com)
Date: Thu Dec 27 2001 - 14:31:00 EST

Amy Hendrix wrote:
Or is the first click you have
> in mind something more meaningful than "enter"?

The first click is more than just enter. The idea is to have the user self
select who they are from a splash-like page. This allows for a targeted
second page with relevant information specific to the user. The upside is
that the private customers never need to see information for business users
and vice versa.

-- kathi mccracken

> From: Amy Hendrix <amych_at_mindspring.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:01:23 -0500
> To: <sigia-l_at_asis.org>
> Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: how Spartan can a first page design be?
>
> At 08:18 AM 12/27/2001 -0800, Kathi McCracken wrote:
>> However, if the information really is exclusive to each type of user then it
>> would work. There is something powerful about not cluttering up a homepage
>> and making the first click a very simple one for the user. I assume they
>> will encounter a more traditional "home page" on the second page.
>
> Isn't this just going back to having a pretty-but-useless splash screen for
> the first page, with all the attendant problems (linking to the "real" home
> page, not to mention wasting people's time?) Or is the first click you have
> in mind something more meaningful than "enter"?
>
>
> Amy Hendrix - Durham, NC
>

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