Comments on: New facebook design confirms a drift to the right (nav) http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/ Your users experience it that way around. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:41:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: philbuk http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 philbuk Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:42:54 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/#comment-2879 Hi, AJ. Tee hee! I have absolutely no idea. But there's a clearly a who Masters thesis in it. One point: conservatives complain when things change. But later often become staunch supports of the new order. That's why user feedback is so tricky. And you need user OBSERVATION to find out the truth. Hi, AJ.

Tee hee!

I have absolutely no idea. But there’s a clearly a who Masters thesis in it.

One point: conservatives complain when things change. But later often become staunch supports of the new order.

That’s why user feedback is so tricky. And you need user OBSERVATION to find out the truth.

]]> By: AJ Kock http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 AJ Kock Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:35:22 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/#comment-2873 People can generally be categorised into three groups. People obsessed about the past, people living the now and people with their heads in the cloud, always thinking about the future. Some people might even respectively called them conservatives, hedonists and liberals or something to that effect. Do you think there is a relevance between your assumption that people tend to be "forward" thinkers and the nav bar preferences of any of these groups? People can generally be categorised into three groups. People obsessed about the past, people living the now and people with their heads in the cloud, always thinking about the future.

Some people might even respectively called them conservatives, hedonists and liberals or something to that effect.

Do you think there is a relevance between your assumption that people tend to be “forward” thinkers and the nav bar preferences of any of these groups?

]]> By: philbuk http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/comment-page-1/#comment-2721 philbuk Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:10:24 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/#comment-2721 In the case of a facetted navigation,, the facets are, for part of the scenario, the content. That's true. So you could argue for facets on the left in that case. And we know it works. But if you're planning to put facets on the left, that means you can't have your traditional site nav on the left too. So yet another reason to put it somewhere else. Then again facets can go at the top too. See http://www.crocus.co.uk/right-plant-right-place/ for an example In the case of a facetted navigation,, the facets are, for part of the scenario, the content. That’s true. So you could argue for facets on the left in that case. And we know it works.

But if you’re planning to put facets on the left, that means you can’t have your traditional site nav on the left too. So yet another reason to put it somewhere else.

Then again facets can go at the top too. See http://www.crocus.co.uk/right-plant-right-place/ for an example

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 Andrew Smith Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:35:00 +0000 http://fronttoback.org/2008/08/18/new-facebook-design-confirms-a-drift-to-the-right-nav/#comment-2630 Very good points Phil. It's brave for Facebook to be breaking convention - you would think they would have waited a bit until it was more mainstream. Would facetted classification be one example where it makes sense to be on the left? You kinda want the user to filter the content as soon as possible so that it's more likely to be relevant. If you present the content first, they might think that it's all irrelevant, and click the back button before reaching the right-hand navigation for filtering. Very good points Phil. It’s brave for Facebook to be breaking convention – you would think they would have waited a bit until it was more mainstream.

Would facetted classification be one example where it makes sense to be on the left? You kinda want the user to filter the content as soon as possible so that it’s more likely to be relevant. If you present the content first, they might think that it’s all irrelevant, and click the back button before reaching the right-hand navigation for filtering.

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