All you wannabe web designers out there take note: I’ve switched templates on the next version of this site to accommodate left-handed navigation.
An Amber MacArthur segment on a recent Call for Help pointed me to this study of how a typical set of eyeballs scans a web page. The verdict seems to be that for Roman-based language sites all readers start scanning from the top-left corner of any page. Also of interest is that ads—even on Google search pages like the one above—are largely ignored… Who knew?!
In my search for a suitable template set I was momentarily seduced by the tropical colour palette of this theme, but ultimately settled for something a little more austere, as it can more easily be converted for mobile phone viewing.
I’ve still got some major tweaking to do, so keep checking in on my beta page and let me know what you think!
