January 31, 2007Story toolbar gets a redesign
The redesigned story toolbar for roanoke.com features a new look with improved functionality. It's time to dump your browsers' cache again. Yesterday we rolled out our redesigned story toolbar on roanoke.com. The new version has a cleaner, dare I say "Web 2.0," look. It's also better in terms of usability because it doesn't require the user to know what the icons mean -- we previously used a hidden "span" element to reveal the label for each icon -- as the new version tells you up front. The "share story" feature has also changed from a dropdown menu to a hidden unordered list that is revealed when the user clicks the "button." But my favorite aspect of the new toolbar is that it applies the concept of unobtrusive JavaScript. In other words both the print and share features won't appear unless the user has JavaScript enabled for their browser. This is because both rely on JavaScript to work -- it wouldn't make sense for them to be available, and then not work. By redesigning the way the story toolbar looks and functions, we've managed to increase the page-load time slightly and dropped the use of a nasty hack for Internet Explorer 6 users (note: if you haven't upgraded to IE 7, now is a great time). Let us know if you love or hate the redesign by posting a comment on this entry. And as always, bug reporting is appreciated! |
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