Well I have talked about this before, but now I have an extenuation of my idea. To encourage people to click, every click can be valued at a certain number of points. So for every click on a Clickboard, users acquire points either on my website or across the Internet. These points can then be used to purchase special promotions from my website.
Websites today are extremely limited. The one and only factor used for navigation is the ‘click’. However I want more. A website should be multidimensional like my desktop. There are actually many things to do on a website. Sometime I get caught up in the middle of updating one page when I want to move onto the next and twiddle with that and come back to my update later. Currently that is a long path of navigation only directed in one line of direction conducted with my mouse. Even roll over websites are limited in this function. I want my website to be my browser my desktop all in one. I know larger websites may find this more appealing and I know you can just open the links in new tabs or windows, but that is still limiting my line of direction which is still limited to the single click. I want multiple paths and multiple activities going on within one website. This is my new task. I guess this means segmenting your website into distinct layers and sections, each able to think independently from the rest without always redirecting me to a new window or page. Most tools are simple enough to make appear within small frames, they should even be able to disappear when actions within those windows are completed. And the completed actions should then update the other frames within my window. Now that would be an interactive website.
I think the star with the pointer is a little confusing. So I am thinking of using this little icon instead, although I have seen a version of this somewhere else.
However, I can also make the pointer do that to the star too. I will put an update when I make that one and you can tell me which do you think would work better but also be recognizable.