How Active is Inter-Active?Written by Stefene Russell
"Interactive," like "post-modern," is an impressive word, though no one precisely knows what it means. This can be confusing--not to mention annoying-but lack of a clear definition provides a good launching point for brainstorming.We'll leave "post-modern" to Derrida theorists. What does interactive mean, then? Let's break it down into components: "inter," means through (a relationship is established between two objects) and "active," means it actually does something. Using this definition, a simple email form becomes "interactive." The user acts upon form, and form sends mail. Simply put, it's cyber version of conversation: exchange in all its forms. You just want user to leave feeling as if they received something, whether that is a return email, a bit of trivia, or a slideshow. Most of us (including myself) are used to thinking of "interactive" as a Rube Goldberg whiz-bang collection of interactive flash features or auto-checking radial-dot forms that are smarter than we are. Of course, this causes us to push concept of "interactive," out of our heads, because it sounds too complicated to be bothered with. But believe me, it's worth pondering (and implementing) at least a few interactive features. Here's a short list of ways to make your site more interactive without drastically increasing download times, or giving yourself a migraine as you attempt to decipher a complicated audio/video/bell and whistle software package.
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