[thelist] New Site -

[Richard Bennett]

Hi,
I'm afraid I don't like this very much.
It's got an irritating splash-screen that I have to mouse-around on , only
to find it's just a time waster.
Windows keep popping up all over the place, something I automatically
associate with geocities-type free hosting, or porn-sites.
Stuff keeps moving around all over the place, that has no relevance besides
being decorative (sic) .
Waiting for a page to load is boring, but when we have to wait for a
designers little whims to finish moving around, instead of just showing it
right away...
All the pre-loading slows the browsing experience to a crawl, after clicking
on three links I hesitate to go any further for fear of having to wait for
yet more pre-loading.
There's a definite "arty-farty" atmosphere, of "let the user explore the
page, to find the links" instead of making it clear from the start. If I am
really interested in buying a car I want to be able to print a quick - clear
list of the features, instead of having to mouse-around an inconsistent
partially-invisible outline of a car. (A list I did find after the
mousing-experience.)
And where there is a list of specs, the "MINI COOPER SPECIFICATIONS" page
(couldn't select an copy that text either...) I can't use my mouse-wheel to
scroll them, the scroll-bar doesn't work as easily as it should, and I can
try print-preview because you've hidden my menus (what for - would they
show-up your back-forward bar?).
I can't increase the text-size - which is really no luxury, as I think it
must be 8 or 9 point whitish test on black background.
The sound-flips all the time should have been left in the nineties, where
they belong.

All in all, the best improvement to make would be a link to an HTML version
on the splash-page. Then try to set a different set of priorities - you've
got an arty site for people with time on their hands, try a second one that
set's speed, clarity, accessibility, on the fore-front, and cuts through the
hype to show the facts. The car should sell itself.

Richard.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Bakum" <jamie.bakum at circle.com>
To: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 4:58 PM
Subject: [thelist] New Site -


> Greetings all -
>
> Partially a request for a critique and partially an announcement -
> the site I've been working pretty much non-stop since February has
> launched, and I'd love for folks to take a look - I'm interested in
> any feedback but I'm also interested in anything not working
> correctly - we're trying to stress test a bit and see if anything
> falls out - You'll need Flash 4 or above -
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> Thanks -
>
> http://www.miniusa.com
>
> Jamie
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