Re: Flash Stores

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I agree,But - there is always a fine line between useability and asthetic appeal.A perfectly useable site would be black text on a white background, little or no graphical elements and a bullet proof navigation system of text links with anchor tags. (boring)On the otherhand, if you have ever visited a company website who specialise in designing flash websites you'll normally find a navigation system similar to the one in the cockpit of a spaceshuttle. (nice to look at but looking is all you do cause your afraid to touch it)so what do you do?analyse your target audience!work out how much flashy stuff they can handle/they expect and work with it.flash has its place purely for technical reasons. it allows you to do soo much in a platform independant, easy to deliver method and is soo powerful in terms of content delivery. it can't be ignored as a useful tool.just don't go over the top.i personally found the navigation system at the volleyhut confusing. where did my second level of nav go when i drilled down to level three? it was cool but wtf was going on here was my thoughts.----- Original Message ----- From: Brian B. Burton To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Flash Stores > Bah! > > This is why I dislike Flash websites, the designer spent more time > impressing themselves then figuring out what the shopper wants/needs. > > If you want to buy sunglasses do you really know the exact make and > model you want to buy? I had to go all the way to the detail page just > to see a picture of the sunglasses to see if I'd want them. > > Web designers should spend more time learning user interfaces, and not > the latest graphics program (ok, bad example, photoshop won) or the > latest Flash crap. Save it for the Nike/CocaCola promo sites, it just > slows down everyone else, especially when it's interface is created by > special effects instead of functionality and usefulness. > > > I should put an ad here offering user interface consulting services, > but that might seem a little blatant at this point. > > > > Brian B. Burton > 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department > ++--++ > WebDNA hosting services now available. > Have the power of a dual processor Xserve hooked up to three OC12s > (=1200T1s) > powering your WebDNA driven site today! > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 04:27 PM, Sal D'anna wrote: > > > Try this one! > > > > http://www.volleyhut.com/index.tpl > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Flash Stores (Michael Davis 2003)
  2. Re: Flash Stores (Charles Kline 2003)
  3. Re: Flash Stores (Dan Strong 2003)
  4. Re: Flash Stores (Donovan home EHG 2003)
  5. Re: Flash Stores (Andrew Simpson 2003)
  6. Re: Flash Stores (Brian B. Burton 2003)
  7. Re: Flash Stores (Brian B. Burton 2003)
  8. Re: Flash Stores (Tana 2003)
  9. Re: OT Re: Flash Stores (Tim Robinson 2003)
  10. OT Re: Flash Stores (Andrew Simpson 2003)
  11. Re: Flash Stores (Tim Robinson 2003)
  12. Re: Flash Stores (Brian B. Burton 2003)
  13. Re: Flash Stores (Sal D'anna 2003)
  14. Re: Flash Stores (Sal D'anna 2003)
  15. Re: Flash Stores (Andrew Simpson 2003)
  16. Re: Flash Stores (Brian B. Burton 2003)
  17. Re: Flash Stores (Alex McCombie 2003)
  18. Re: Flash Stores (Sal D'anna 2003)
  19. Re: Flash Stores (Andrew Simpson 2003)
  20. Flash Stores (Alex McCombie 2003)
I agree,But - there is always a fine line between useability and asthetic appeal.A perfectly useable site would be black text on a white background, little or no graphical elements and a bullet proof navigation system of text links with anchor tags. (boring)On the otherhand, if you have ever visited a company website who specialise in designing flash websites you'll normally find a navigation system similar to the one in the cockpit of a spaceshuttle. (nice to look at but looking is all you do cause your afraid to touch it)so what do you do?analyse your target audience!work out how much flashy stuff they can handle/they expect and work with it.flash has its place purely for technical reasons. it allows you to do soo much in a platform independant, easy to deliver method and is soo powerful in terms of content delivery. it can't be ignored as a useful tool.just don't go over the top.i personally found the navigation system at the volleyhut confusing. where did my second level of nav go when i drilled down to level three? it was cool but wtf was going on here was my thoughts.----- Original Message ----- From: Brian B. Burton To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Flash Stores > Bah! > > This is why I dislike Flash websites, the designer spent more time > impressing themselves then figuring out what the shopper wants/needs. > > If you want to buy sunglasses do you really know the exact make and > model you want to buy? I had to go all the way to the detail page just > to see a picture of the sunglasses to see if I'd want them. > > Web designers should spend more time learning user interfaces, and not > the latest graphics program (ok, bad example, photoshop won) or the > latest Flash crap. Save it for the Nike/CocaCola promo sites, it just > slows down everyone else, especially when it's interface is created by > special effects instead of functionality and usefulness. > > > I should put an ad here offering user interface consulting services, > but that might seem a little blatant at this point. > > > > Brian B. Burton > 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell) > BOFH - Department of Redundancy Department > ++--++ > WebDNA hosting services now available. > Have the power of a dual processor Xserve hooked up to three OC12s > (=1200T1s) > powering your WebDNA driven site today! > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 04:27 PM, Sal D'anna wrote: > > > Try this one! > > > > http://www.volleyhut.com/index.tpl > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Andrew Simpson

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