Re: [libreoffice-website] Back to top link for all pages

Hi Bernhard, hi all!

Am Freitag, den 21.01.2011, 17:36 +0100 schrieb Bernhard Dippold:
> Hi Klaus-Jürgen, Christian, all
>
> klaus-jürgen weghorn ol schrieb:
> > Hi Christian,
> > Am 20.01.2011 01:38, schrieb Christian Lohmaier:
> > > Hi Klaus-Jürgen, *,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:04 AM, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol
> > > <ol@sophia-louise.de> wrote:
> > > > Am 13.01.2011 21:48, schrieb Christian Lohmaier:
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:21 PM, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol
> > > > > <ol@sophia-louise.de> wrote:
> > > > > > ["back to top" link like on the limesurvey site]
> > > > > And if so, at what position?
> > > > > Lower right as limesurvey site?
> > > >
> > > > I think the position is quite good. It is moved away from the text
> > > > but will
> > > > follow if you change the width of your browser.
> > >
> > > I added it to the pumbaa site as a demo - what do you think?
> > > http://pumbaa.documentfoundation.org:7780/ (scroll down a little, the
> > > link will appear)
> > > If your monitor is too big and display the whole page at once, try
> > > http://pumbaa.documentfoundation.org:7780/get-help/mailing-lists/ -
> > > that one is longer .-))
> >
> > As there were no negative comments would you put this on the live-site?
> > So we can avoid "on the top" inside the texts.
> +1

+/-1 :-)

Sorry, I've missed this discussion a bit. I like the general idea
(although shorter pages are attractive as well), but the current
realization might miss the main advantage. Three thoughts ...

Position: If you put it at the lower right, the mouse travel distance
will be maximized. Since we miss the advantages of Fitts's Law (lower
right browser window doesn't equal lower right screen), the very next
thing after "go top" is to use the website menu at the top.

Mapping: Going up is usually located at the top (like the scrollbar
button) - the positional mapping is incorrect.

Self-explanation: People will have to read the text to understand the
item (and it needs to be translated?). And, the shape doesn't provide
additional clues (direction).


So my proposal (if technically feasible): How about an element that
shows an arrow (up), which is located approx. 50 ... 100px next to the
LibO header (right of the header), at the top of the page.

------------------------------------------------------------------
          +----------------------------------------+  +----+
          |   HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER   |  | /\ |
          |                                        |  +----+


And not to forget: The other things - how it appears, and when it
appears are just great!

What do you think?


Cheers,
Christoph

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law


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