[Xelion]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
But if you don't know what the website's about, how would you be visiting it in the first place?

What I was mean't to say is that the intro (introduction) can tell you what you want to know before you enter the main site (content). If you don't like the intro you can skip, and if the developer of that site is smart they'll use a cookie to remember that command .

Originally posted by aldo_14
Good HCI design puts as little obstacles between the user and the information / action they want as possible.

True, though it really depends on what the application's purpose is, in this case entertainment.
And that process was never implemented properly, if someone really wanted that system to work, I would want direct access to a search field, contents and index page from the home page of a site . Theres no true way to make information accessible quickly and easily unless you do it that way.

HCI??

What you said I also learnt in System Analysis & Design class, though seeing that I don't work for the technology and sciences department its sort of history

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Xelion

True, though it really depends on what the application's purpose is, in this case entertainment.
And that process was never implemented properly, if someone really wanted that system to work, I would want direct access to a search field, contents and index page from the home page of a site . Theres no true way to make information accessible quickly and easily unless you do it that way.

Not really.  The general principles are universal; let the user do/see/go what/where they want, as quickly as possible, with minimal fuss.... I suspect that in many cases, particularly multimedia websites, it's deliberately ignored in order to 'force' the user to spend time looking at the page and whatever they're flogging on it.

Obvious example is, of course, the supreme ****ing irritation of gamespy inserting advert pages into its hosted webpages.....

Originally posted by Xelion

HCI??

What you said I also learnt in System Analysis & Design class, though seeing that I don't work for the technology and sciences department its sort of history

HCI = Human Computer Interaction.

System Analysis & Design, on my uni course, was covering the general architectural design and notifications (primarily via/using UML diagrams).  It was also taught by an irritating fat Greek bastard name Sotirios, and ended up going from 100-odd to less than 10 attendees at lectures through the term.......