Comments on: Fat feet: A good thing?

By: matt

matt — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:20:38 +0000

That sitescore doesn’t like my site, i don’t really care.

things in footers should be things that should be in footers, I put all the secondary guffage in them. job done.

By: Jonathan Snook

Jonathan Snook — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 02:05:36 +0000

We’ll have to see. :) The current comp still has the fat footer but I’m not loving it. The thin footer may be the way to go. (Alas, I may cop out and just make it all AJAXy slide-out crap)

By: Olly

Olly — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:55:35 +0000

I think you need to start a trend there Mr Snook — one for version 7?

By: Jonathan Snook

Jonathan Snook — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:52:19 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been hearing that “above the fold” argument for some time. Back in the late 90’s I heard it ALL the time. Luckily, most people have figured out what that thing on the right there does. I mean, can you imagine every PDF or Word document these people have been opening?

Fat footers are decent, although, I feel my time with the it may come to an end. I feel like I want a thin footer. Just a teaser… “Want more?” and then it takes them to a portal page of some sort. Heh, that’d be cool.

By: Olly

Olly — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:42:24 +0000

You mean that Sitecore found some minor HTML validation errors and sensationalised them? I've fixed most of them, but the remainder appear to be down to the way Wordpress deals with quotes :( They're not a violation of the DDA anyway. Talk about using scare tactics to drum up business!

By: SimonB

SimonB — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:00:31 +0000

I’m not a fan of fat footers, mainly because I am too lazy to scroll. All webites should be W I D E. 1680px would be good as that’s what my screen runs at :)

You need to make your website more accessible as well. Currently it’s in violation of the British Disability Discrimination Act. I think they can put you in prison for this :)