Scatterism: I went to this guy’s site because he commented on one of my posts. I clicked the light bulb in the header to go to the home page. It didn’t take me home, but it did something kinda cool.
The more I work with content management, the more I find that major architectural considerations are big indicators of how happy you're going to be developing with any given CMS. These are not specific, detailed functional questions ("does the system automatically generate RSS"). While those are important as well (see…
very cool indeed!
What a great idea! ;o)
Is clicking the bulb merely aesthetic or is there a functional purpose that I am missing?
It has a very functional purpose. Not all of us can stand those white text on dark backgrounds sites. I'm pretty sure the other way arround also holds truth.
I knew it defied a usability guideline--the big header should take you home--but I wanted it to be a subtle surprise for my readers.
You're right Alejandro, it has a functional purpose, that's why Scatterism tries to remember your dark/light preference.
I'm glad you all liked it. Thanks Deane.