does active content reduce click through

On 25 Aug 2006 10:59:04 -0700, "bobtracey" <bobtracey DeleteThis @yahoo.com>
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>I am working on a website for my guesthouse and I have included a
>navbar produced in Xara Webstyle 4. When I preview the site the script
>in the navbar causes a security warning to pop up asking the viewer to
>click to alow active content to run. There is also some blurb about
>active content can be harmfull etc etc. What my worry is does this
>type of warning put people off continuing to view or are they likely to
>move to another site? Some may say just get rid of the nav bar and
>have a conventional navbar but I like the drop down menus.

What is the purpose of the web site? Is it to a work of art that you
feel proud of, and wish to display? or is it a commercial venture to
promote a business, increasing residency at your guesthouse?

If it's a business web site, ask yourself what will attract the most
business, will it be clever, aesthetically pleasing features, or will
it be simple, minimal click features that allow potential customers to
rapidly find answers to their pre-sales questions, and place
orders/bookings quickly and easily?

Matt


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bobtracey wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am working on a website for my guesthouse and I have included a
> navbar produced in Xara Webstyle 4. When I preview the site the script
> in the navbar causes a security warning to pop up asking the viewer to
> click to alow active content to run. There is also some blurb about
> active content can be harmfull etc etc. What my worry is does this
> type of warning put people off continuing to view or are they likely to
> move to another site? Some may say just get rid of the nav bar and
> have a conventional navbar but I like the drop down menus.
>
> Regards
>

Well, among other things it leaves out most people not using IE on
Windows. If it's required for navigation, it also leaves out many
corporate users, which usually have active content disabled, as well as
others (like myself) who have disabled it. And there's no counting how
many other people would be too afraid to continue.

The question is - is this critical to your site? Or is it just
something you think is "nice".

Remember - bells and whistles shouldn't be just because you think
they're neat. They should add to the user's experience on the site.

Does this add or subtract from the user's experience?

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