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Dan
Trailer Park Supervisor
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join:2002-12-17
Eh?

[Serious] Changes Part 2

Check out futureshop.ca to see more of the changes I was talking about last week.

»www.futureshop.ca

Do you like the new site design?

I find it much easier to read (I have glasses).


donoreo
Premium
join:2002-05-30
North York, ON

A bit cleaner looking, not a whole lot different. They STILL have orange and yellow together.
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IamGimli

join:2004-02-28
Canada

reply to Dan
It's still the Best Buy web site, just a new skin on it...



alex4life
Alex4life
Premium
join:2001-06-22
Delta, BC

reply to Dan
I liked the old one. It seemed more professional, and more geared towards the projects, and not some idea of what looks good or esthetically pleasing.

I'm finding it harder to navigate, even though it's the same, and the products don't stand out as well.

Maybe I'm just not a fan of modern web design, but it just seems like there's too much fancy looking crap, and not enough content.
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b34tBoX
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join:2003-12-28
Ontario, CAN

reply to Dan
The URL's are still too long.



Happyrat6
Google Is Your Best Friend
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join:2002-07-01
Disneyland

reply to Dan
I thought the old site looked better, more functional.

This thing looks like a 2nd year comp sci student's class project.
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renton
Come On You Spurs
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join:2002-01-05
Toronto, ON

reply to Dan
It looks better, they should make it faster though.



m0x
I love juice too
Premium
join:2002-11-04
San Francisco, CA

reply to Dan
Nooooo!

Why did they change it? The old FS web site was my best example of a well designed easy-to-navigate website.

Oh well, I'll at least try the new one I guess.
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decx
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC

1 edit

reply to Dan
BUG!!!

It's not fully Firefox compatible. It's the old Firefox Javascript problem again, but it renders FS's new site rather useless. Just try clicking "next" or page numbers on multi-paged product categories, on Firefox, it simply won't work. Until this is fix Firefox users just can't view products on pages other than the first unless the actual URL of the page is used.

Oh btw, I liked the old site better. It was cleaner, easier to navigate and the product does stand out more.



asws
Opinion Matters
Premium
join:2002-01-21
Canada

reply to Dan
I like the new design, a little more professional than the last one.



Wolfie00
My dog is an elitist
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join:2005-03-12
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reply to decx
Firefox works for me I tried it with both 0.93 and the current 1.05. Maybe they realized the problem and fixed it.

I must admit though that sites that only work with IE reveal a pretty pathetic ignorance on the part of the IT people that built them.



StEC
Proud
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join:2003-11-27
NiagaraFalls

reply to Dan
The old site is much better I don't care for this new one at all. I was emailed a survey regarding the website a while back but it was based on opinion of the then current site and I pretty much raved about it I guess others didn't.
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quanta
Premium
join:2002-05-07
Toronto, ON

reply to Dan

Website good, service bad

Like it! Also saw the new giftcards - a more forward design.

Some people might not like the new, minimalist web design, but I do.

P.S. One beef I do have - bought a Canon SD500 camera last Friday with a pricematch, and man was the manager fighting me every step of the way.

First they wouldn't acknowledge that Dell.ca was an authorized Canadian dealer. (I had to bring up the website policy)

Then they didn't want to honour the 110% guarantee. (I had to bring up the website policy, again)

Excuse for not PMing Kingston SD card: "Kingston makes special SD cards for Future Shop, so you can't pricematch it with Dell or anyone else."

Then they refused to honour the Customer Appreciation discount, or the "free printer with any camera purchase exceeding $199" deal in the flyer. (I just gave up and bought it)
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decx
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC

reply to Wolfie00

Re: [Serious] Changes Part 2

said by Wolfie00:

Firefox works for me I tried it with both 0.93 and the current 1.05. Maybe they realized the problem and fixed it.

I must admit though that sites that only work with IE reveal a pretty pathetic ignorance on the part of the IT people that built them.
Yep, they fixed it, quite quickly too.

The problem that was initially on the site was the known "documentname has no properties" issue. The non standard, messed up javascript implementation used in IE and NS4 does work properly with the bad code, but FF's proper implementation would refuse to work and spits out an error int he console. Many other sites on the web is still using the "non-proper" style which breaks Firefox usability.


you
Mmm, gravy train.
Premium
join:2004-06-06
Toronto, ON

said by decx:

said by Wolfie00:

Firefox works for me I tried it with both 0.93 and the current 1.05. Maybe they realized the problem and fixed it.

I must admit though that sites that only work with IE reveal a pretty pathetic ignorance on the part of the IT people that built them.
Yep, they fixed it, quite quickly too.

The problem that was initially on the site was the known "documentname has no properties" issue. The non standard, messed up javascript implementation used in IE and NS4 does work properly with the bad code, but FF's proper implementation would refuse to work and spits out an error int he console. Many other sites on the web is still using the "non-proper" style which breaks Firefox usability.
Still doesn't work for me using FF 1.0.6.

decx
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC

1 edit

If you've visited the site when it was broken, try clearing your cache.



Serbtastic
You Know How Many People I Have Buried?
Premium
join:2002-02-24
Stoney Creek, ON

reply to Dan
Odd, I'm using FF 1.0, I cleared the cache, and still having the problem. Anyone else?


decx
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Vancouver, BC

reply to Dan
Hmmm, maybe I've jumped the gun. It seems they actually haven't completely fixed the problem. Some categories work, others don't.

For example,
This one works:
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subcla···angid=EN

This one doesn't:
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subcla···id=22354

Personally I don't understand why people would want to use Javascript for links where a simple HTML link would do the same job just fine.



Doci
Toothless Fairy

join:2003-02-01

reply to Dan
Invalid html too;

»validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%···gid%3DEN

It seems they hired:


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omelete

join:2004-07-12
Hamilton, ON

reply to decx

said by decx:

Hmmm, maybe I've jumped the gun. It seems they actually haven't completely fixed the problem. Some categories work, others don't.

For example,
This one works:
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subcla···angid=EN

This one doesn't:
»www.futureshop.ca/catalog/subcla···id=22354

Personally I don't understand why people would want to use Javascript for links where a simple HTML link would do the same job just fine.
It seems that the first category is still using HTML links while the second is using javascript. I wonder if they bothered to test this before going live?

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