Intel's (new?) site layout and feedback usability ...

I visited Intel website recently and was in for a pleasant surprise! Intel has given up on those dark blue colors, and seems to be using best of the web design techniques.

In particular, I was bit intrigued by the way they get feedback. A small window appears (not a popup; but those javascript effects - such as this. But it only asks if you are interested in giving feedback after reading the article, and if you click on yes, places a special icon at bottom right corner of the page.

It is a different story that in firefox 1.5.0.4 (i.e. most recent update), I couldn't access that icon. The firefox scrollbar would roll back just above that icon everytime I try to drag it to try to access that icon. Obviously some gotcha - when it is placed relative to frame.

The article I was reading was about the kind of challenges in Intel's mobility strategy (Building Intel's mobile tomorrow - an interview with Kevin Kahn - Director of Communication Technology Lab at Intel. I still retain interest in Intel's Mobilized Software Initiative (though it has kind of gone out of buzz) - with its objective of truly mobile computing (i.e. even with limited internet connectivity, using power judiciously, designing for multiple form factors and so on.)