Eric Sjue — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:52:47 GMT

I believe these ideas definately have merrit and I especially like your addressing of what I call the “Neilsen” effect on the field of information architecture. My professor in User Behavior at grad school introduced me to research on “sense-making” http://communication.sbs.ohio-state.edu/sense-making/ – you might be interested in this because it addresses and looks at how we communicate in and outside the virtual realm.

Eric Sjue — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:48:25 GMT

FINALLY I found an article that puts the whole fold thing into perspective. My two biggest pet peeves are clients who only talk about the fold and how many “clicks” are involved in an interaction design.

There has been in my experience, with a wide variety of clients, way too much time spent in meetings talking about what’s above the fold or how many clicks there are. I think you’re right that this is a detriment to our users because we end up spending less time actually talking about how to solve an interaction problem, which involves a whole host of factors least of which is what content should go above the fold.

Thanks for this great article.

Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Eric Sjue