Of course your 10 times more likely to buy music, because your looking for it. But I find it hard to believe that if you pirate music you are more likely to buy the album. I understand the "try before you buy" thought. But there are easier ways to preview music than just pirating it. There is Itunes, Amazon, and a ton of other music services you could use.
Why are they all activated on mouseover? That doesn't make any sense to me. IMO I think that mouseovers are only good for displaying tooltips or something along those lines.
I agree, I would expect the same behavior, but I don't think that justifies to activate a menu on a mouseover. Nobody would like an operating system that triggered menus on mouseover. It's just to easy to trigger on accident. I know I'm in the minority on this subject, because most sites do use that technique. Only site I can think of that doesn't is google (the more link off the homepage).
However, is there harm in getting dynamic behavior when you're expecting a full page load?
Moreover, it would be better for consistency between the javascript-enabled and disabled versions to use a click, which could be a minor win if one sometimes uses the site with javascript and without depending on what computer they're accessing from.
I'd be hesitant to click on a link expecting a reload if I thought that it would take me away from the main page of the site, while the hover-activated nav is no commitment.
That would be my point. I mean, when did it become considered "hard" to ignore trolls?
Also I have a rule of not making a blog post unless I have at least a few paragraphs to write on a subject. So his "no comments" stance limits discussion in that way as well.
I hate to say it but I’ve found most of these "hit and run"" trolls usually leave comments that, while rude, have a grain of truth to them. They’re usually saying the thing that bloggers, who tend to worry about their reputation in the blogosphere, won’t say.
All in all I think the whole "no comments" stance is unwise if you actually want a true debate.
Getting a blog is really not difficult these days.
Sure, most people don't devote have the time to devote to maintain a full-time blog - but then they shouldn't expect to participate in meaningful conversations on the internet.
I think when choosing b/t fixed width and fluid depends on your content. But don't get caught up with this, you'll always have arguments for either sides. It doesn't matter which layout you choose (as long as it's readible). What really matters is that you have good content.
