As you’ve become accustomed to more and more sites that hide, reveal, and animate content…you can critically analyze the intent, purpose, and overall need for it now. Just because the creator was able to make something a drop-down menu…was it absolutely necessary? Or would it be better and more accessible to just have it static and off-to-the-side? When you begin your user-testing now, this is how granular I want you to get during the evaluation. Again (as stated in the class), just because you can make (crap) fly doesn’t mean it’s cool.

Right now, there is so much we can do with jQuery but young designers (and even developers) go borderline crazy with it. As opposed to really assessing the demand for a special effect, more and more coders are just throwing things in. As bad as a flat site is an overwhelming one. Both can cause disinterest or user paralysis. Remember, don’t just code clean..think clean.

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