Comments on: Dublin City Public Libraries Portal with PageFlakes http://tametheweb.com/2007/12/07/dublin-city-public-libraries-portal-with-pageflakes/ Libraries, Technology and People Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Elise http://tametheweb.com/2007/12/07/dublin-city-public-libraries-portal-with-pageflakes/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Elise Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:48:11 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=612#comment-513 If you had more effectively incorporated a visual hierarchy, it wouldn't feel so overwhelming. I find it way too busy, nothing stands out. Too much visual noise. There's nothing here for the eye to land on besides your images in the top left box. Give me a resting place! Certainly we all have lots of information to present. But it's not a solution to throw all your information at your users at once. If you had more effectively incorporated a visual hierarchy, it wouldn’t feel so overwhelming. I find it way too busy, nothing stands out. Too much visual noise. There’s nothing here for the eye to land on besides your images in the top left box. Give me a resting place!

Certainly we all have lots of information to present. But it’s not a solution to throw all your information at your users at once.

]]> By: Simon Chamberlain http://tametheweb.com/2007/12/07/dublin-city-public-libraries-portal-with-pageflakes/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Simon Chamberlain Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:50:16 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=612#comment-512 Well spotted Micheal. Something to run past the Emerging Technologies Committee, for sure. Well spotted Micheal. Something to run past the Emerging Technologies Committee, for sure.

]]> By: Edwin http://tametheweb.com/2007/12/07/dublin-city-public-libraries-portal-with-pageflakes/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Edwin Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:22:23 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=612#comment-511 Hi Michael, the link you provided here is not working, you integrated your own URL. Just to inform you. Edwin Hi Michael, the link you provided here is not working, you integrated your own URL.

Just to inform you.

Edwin

]]> By: kittent http://tametheweb.com/2007/12/07/dublin-city-public-libraries-portal-with-pageflakes/comment-page-1/#comment-510 kittent Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:42:39 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=612#comment-510 The flakes page is interesting. I just did a webjunction webinar and one of the tools the presenter mentioned was pageflakes. It looks fairly adaptable, but I'm used to igoogle. The flakes page is interesting. I just did a webjunction webinar and one of the tools the presenter mentioned was pageflakes.

It looks fairly adaptable, but I’m used to igoogle.

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