Comments on: onProximityFade jQuery Plugin

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:31:02 +0000

I'd imagine this has value for mouse driven hunting and clicking, perhaps in a link heavy UI but less useful for UIs where the user searches by eye as page content will appear missing!

By: Ruud

Ruud — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:17:33 +0000

I think the "show on hover"-method would be better in that case. Like the "reply" and "retweet" on Twitter.
The layout is first designed for viewing purposes, but when a user wants to take action they can by focusing on the item they want to edit, retweet, reply, whatever.

By: Jakub Linowski

Jakub Linowski — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:45:32 +0000

Agreed. This experiment could be a band aid like fix for something that shouldn't happen in the first place, and the accessibility of it is questionable as well. I did want to add that initially I envisioned the list of links actually being composed of the same actions (ex: repeatable and predictable "add" or "edit" links that sometimes appear on each row). This way, the user knows they're there but they don't clutter the space as much. But maybe it's one of those failed experiments :)

By: Stu Marlow

Stu Marlow — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:03:03 +0000

The usability/readability of a list would normally be determined by its visual design and possibly a bit of CSS feedback/highlighting. If you need things like this just to help someone read a list, then you've gone wrong somewhere.

I can't think of an example where this would be useful and the example shown certainly doesn't demonstrate one.

By: fili

fili — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:56:39 +0000

Although I like the effect I wonder whether it complies with accessibility guidelines (WCAG). For instance I'm unable to tab through the different elements on the demo.

By: Nom

Nom — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:14:28 +0000

From the demo, needs a minimum fade so it's still visible, otherwise user loses the ability to scan the page – the demo is like shining a flashlight into a dark room looking for something, not the best.

By: Ruud

Ruud — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:54:05 +0000

I think it's a fix for something that shouldn't have been in the first place.
If your page has to much links stacked together, maybe use some whitespace or other styling options to make them more readable.

The demo is to exaggerated, almost invisible -> fully visible. Not a real usage case really.
You would think if someone created this, it was because some page had a problem of to much links. Why not use that, so you know where the real problem comes from.