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Regardless of what you think of the design—there's a proverb attributed to Picasso that sums it up nicely:
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Within one's own institution, I think the acceptable limit of copying is extended. In the race to ge...
I wasn't meaning to criticize. :-)
The biggest one that strikes me right off are the horizontal layout of links on the right. People scan lists, links, etc. in a more vertical manner, following an F pattern.
Well it's been up at least a year (since it was reported "stolen" a year ago) and I would hope they did some kind of conversion impact tracking of the new layout.
What sorts of usability issues are you seeing?
Also interesting to me is that the homepage design was copied by our own bookstore, without our (Public Affairs Office) knowledge or input:
http://bookstore.brown.edu/
We're not sure if they did it because they thought it was a good solution for...
Thanks Eric. :-) I was just about to point out that usability and accessibility aren't the same. I've spent several years reading research on usability, and while a relatively small percentage may not find trouble with the site's layout, the major...
While I like the design of Brown's homepage, I am also not a typical web user. I'm guessing that none of the folks on this site have the same issues with usability as most of our users. Susan makes a great point regarding the usability of Brown's ...
The Brown home page actually degrades nicely when you disable JavaScript. The hartnell home page gives you a headache.
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- Employer?
- University of North Alabama
- Website:
- http://www.una.edu
- Personal Website:
- http://www.abstractrandom.com
- List three areas of expertise or specialization.
- design, css, planning
- What department or office are you in?
- University Relations
- Primary Job Responsibility
- Currently working on a redesign of the University's website. Responsible for all aspects of this redesign. I'm the only web person on staff currently.
- Number of students at your institution
- 7,300
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