java popups--more

[laura hudson]

Thanks to colleagues all over for the many replies about javascript and java popups--I've got some great examples to show our Web committee.  I'll post a compilation within the next week.  

As to the comments about this technique being less than useful--I have to second Leo's comments below.  We went from a cluttered to a relatively sparse design (again, http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ ) and don't want to lose the graphical simplicity, yet we do want to include more information.  I myself find java popups useful--and certainly not as annoying as blinking and twirling images--though if people do find them so, I guess I should know that.  

Laura Hudson									
Reference Librarian | Web Manager	| Communication Bibliographer
Alden Library Reference Department 
Ohio University Libraries
email:  hudsonl at ohiou.edu | phone:  740-593-9683 | fax:  740-593-0138



On Fri, 8 Oct 1999 Martin Courtois wrote:

>The information we provide about each link is valuable to the user, so
>why make it disappear when the user moves the mouse?  How can users
>compare and differentiate links when only one description is visible at a
>time?  Rather, I would encourage you to consider a design where all the
>descriptions are visible simultaneously. 

This may not be possible where screen real estate is at a premium and you
have more than half a dozen links--either the page looks too cluttered (and
hence confusing) with all those explanations or you have a main page where
the user has to scroll (yuck).

As in most things, there's no easy answer though I don't think rollovers
will go the way of "blink".

Yours,

LEO

>It certainly seems to be that everybodys poppin', but I wonder if this
>technique will eventually go the way of "blink" and little, twirling "new"
>gifs.
>
>Marty



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