Re: Flash Stores
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texte = talking about flash sites - Macromedia.com have a new one - totally flash -looks the business.----- Original Message -----From: Brian B. Burton
To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:21 PMSubject: Re: Flash Stores> This is my official public apology. Sometimes I let my initial response> and impulse get the better of me. I am sorry. The site graphics and> functionality are pretty nice.>> Definitely more polished that at least 90% of the other shopping> capable websites!>> (but I'd still like to see pictures of the sunglasses sooner in the> process. :P )>>> 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 08:36 PM, Tana wrote:>> > Actually, Brian, you couldn't be further from the truth. We spent> > quite a> > lot of time designing the user interface for this website and have had> > very> > positive feedback on it. The important thing is that our target> > audience is> > very happy with it, and that's what matters to us. We had a number of> > volleyball players, coaches, etc. test the interface during the design> > phase> > and we continue to solicit feedback via the BizRate surveys. We read> > all> > comments and implement suggestions when appropriate. As for the> > sunglasses,> > well, what can I tell you -- that's the way they like them organized.> > We> > consistently listen to our customers and make changes where necessary.> > This> > happened to be one of them.> >> > As for using the latest Flash crap, as you put it, our Flash version> > takes> > second chair on our site. Our default takes the customer directly to> > our> > non-Flash version.> >> > So all in all, I'd say we were definitely not out to impress> > ourselves...only our customers. It's working so far so we must be> > doing> > something right.> >> > Tana> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> > Brian B. Burton> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:40 PM> > To: WebDNA Talk> > 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.> >> >> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/
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talking about flash sites - Macromedia.com have a new one - totally flash -looks the business.----- Original Message -----From: Brian B. Burton To: WebDNA Talk Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 3:21 PMSubject: Re: Flash Stores> This is my official public apology. Sometimes I let my initial response> and impulse get the better of me. I am sorry. The site graphics and> functionality are pretty nice.>> Definitely more polished that at least 90% of the other shopping> capable websites!>> (but I'd still like to see pictures of the sunglasses sooner in the> process. :P )>>> 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 08:36 PM, Tana wrote:>> > Actually, Brian, you couldn't be further from the truth. We spent> > quite a> > lot of time designing the user interface for this website and have had> > very> > positive feedback on it. The important thing is that our target> > audience is> > very happy with it, and that's what matters to us. We had a number of> > volleyball players, coaches, etc. test the interface during the design> > phase> > and we continue to solicit feedback via the BizRate surveys. We read> > all> > comments and implement suggestions when appropriate. As for the> > sunglasses,> > well, what can I tell you -- that's the way they like them organized.> > We> > consistently listen to our customers and make changes where necessary.> > This> > happened to be one of them.> >> > As for using the latest Flash crap, as you put it, our Flash version> > takes> > second chair on our site. Our default takes the customer directly to> > our> > non-Flash version.> >> > So all in all, I'd say we were definitely not out to impress> > ourselves...only our customers. It's working so far so we must be> > doing> > something right.> >> > Tana> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> > Brian B. Burton> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:40 PM> > To: WebDNA Talk> > 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.> >> >> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/
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