Dennis Dietz
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 p.1 #15 · Thoughts on F11 for web sites? | |
My thoughts, F11 does not always work. I use Firefox and most of the time pressing F11 make sit go full screen, but not all the time. I'm not sure why this is and it appears to be random for a site. It did work on your site when I tried it.
Your site does seem to be designed rather small and narrow. If I were a consumer, I'd be turned off by that as I would be inclined to think that "really professional online companies make effecient use of the screen while this guy looks like he is using some stock template free from the internet."
I personally suggest you would be better utilizing more width and placing your thumbnail bar on the left rather than below. This would be good as the "average consumer" probably has many more tool bars and search boxes at the top of their browser then I do. IE and AOL seem really bad for monopolizing vertical space simply for the browser.
Besides, telling customers they have to do something special to view your site will only annoy them. Many regular folks don't know the quick shortcuts nor will they notice your text at the top. They are going to your site to view photos, not read directions. I was looking for the text and it still took me a few seconds to see it. I think you should assume most people won't notice it either.
A final though, and this goes in a direction I usually don't head, but..... I would suggest that you reconsider how your replies to people sound when removed from the context of the internal voice in your head. It seems to me that when you don't like someone's advice, or when you are unwilling to consider exactly what they seem to be saying, that you become a little over defensive. That is certainly not a way to attract internet business.
Just because some reads your statement about F11 doe snot mean they will use it. Further, if they are not already familiar with that trick, they will be even less likely to try it. Further still, its your responsibility to create a site that will pander the the short and lazy attention span of the average consumer. It's my opinion that if you have to ask if something is a good idea regarding site design, you are responding to something you yourself find uncomfortable or distracting. Generally in cases like this, if you have to ask you already know the answer. I even further suggest that people would rather click to another page than take their hand off the mouse.
Finally, the statements regarding the interpretation of your statistics may be more valid that you are realizing and may have changed since your last research (and don't tell me to do my own research, its your question and thus your responsibility). The prices of wide monitors has dropped a lot in the last several months and I be believe that most people have larger monitors than we expect, even including the average user. Go to Walmart or BestBuy today and notice the size of the monitors, then remember what they were 6 months ago. 20-22" used be be very big, now that is the average to small size available. You also need to consider the demographics of the people likely to buy your images and the type of monitor they have. Don't assume that because they are "average" they get average things, usually the "Average Joe" is the average American, for whom bigger is better, especially for things you watch.
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