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analog andy
join:2005-01-03
Surrey, BC

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Wind Mobiles new website

First we had animated gif's, then we had flash intros on commercial websites, then we had hideous web 2.0 designs and now comes parallax scrolling on commercial websites. They all have one thing in common and that's to confuse the consumer and waste our time.

Its kinda weird that all those years scrolling was considered bad and content was king now seems a new generation of ADD kids at dev jobs are going backwards.

Guspaz
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Montreal, QC

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I believe this website is right up your alley:

»www2.warnerbros.com/spac ··· /jam.htm

You can go live in the 90s and scream at those damned kids to get off your lawn.
Cloneman
join:2002-08-29
Montreal

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I think those are pretty, and most importantly they use the whole browser window and I don't have to squint or zoom on a website designed for 800x600.

These parallax scrolling websites aren't perfect but they are certainly preferable to nests of buried links and content.
analog andy
join:2005-01-03
Surrey, BC

analog andy

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said by Cloneman:

I think those are pretty, and most importantly they use the whole browser window and I don't have to squint or zoom on a website designed for 800x600.

These parallax scrolling websites aren't perfect but they are certainly preferable to nests of buried links and content.

There is not content on the the front page except for big monster pics of a phone and hip to themselves people and some large H1 heading with a few words. They could have put all the info they need on one screen height.

800x600 hasn't been used for 10 years.
Cloneman
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Oh dude, you gotta check this one out

»www.wtrmlnwtr.com/

zacron
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join:2008-11-26
Frozen Hoth

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I know sex sells but holy that dev needs to start using a brain condom :P
HeadSpinning
MNSi Internet
join:2005-05-29
Windsor, ON

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said by Cloneman:

Oh dude, you gotta check this one out

»www.wtrmlnwtr.com/

My eyes hurt.

sbrook
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join:2001-12-14
Ottawa

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My finger hurts trying to scroll through the 10 miles of nonsense trying to determine what the hell is this website until it finally comes clear at the end that it's an ad site for bottled water!

Most will give up. Wind's is at least short enough that you find what you need fairly promptly.

smogers
@108.170.167.x

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said by analog andy:

First we had animated gif's, then we had flash intros on commercial websites, then we had hideous web 2.0 designs and now comes parallax scrolling on commercial websites. They all have one thing in common and that's to confuse the consumer and waste our time.

Its kinda weird that all those years scrolling was considered bad and content was king now seems a new generation of ADD kids at dev jobs are going backwards.

Then stop using the internet that is really your only option.
analog andy
join:2005-01-03
Surrey, BC

analog andy

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said by smogers :

Then stop using the internet that is really your only option.

Riiiiight instead of wanting to have good e-commerce experience on a commercial website I should just shut the fuck up, close my browser and let the hipsters loose online.

Best part of the Wind Mobile website is "where's waldo I mean contact info?"

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oh its down here in this tiny text

smogers
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said by analog andy:

said by smogers :

Then stop using the internet that is really your only option.

Riiiiight instead of wanting to have good e-commerce experience on a commercial website I should just shut the fuck up, close my browser and let the hipsters loose online.

yes, we would rather you do that then rant about it.
analog andy
join:2005-01-03
Surrey, BC

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So your into ranting about my ranting about a badly designed website.

Davesnothere
Change is NOT Necessarily Progress
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Popcorn, anyone ?

Guspaz
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It's actually pretty well designed, so your ranting is pretty useless.
analog andy
join:2005-01-03
Surrey, BC

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said by Guspaz:

It's actually pretty well designed, so your ranting is pretty useless.

If you're showing off your abstract webdesign skills, model portrait photography and you know how to change text size of H1 headings in css.

smogers
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said by analog andy:

said by Guspaz:

It's actually pretty well designed, so your ranting is pretty useless.

If you're showing off your abstract webdesign skills, model portrait photography and you know how to change text size of H1 headings in css.

Ohhh calling out Guspaz.
That is a battle you will never win.

Davesnothere
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Actually, MY problem with the new WIND front page (now that I just went and looked) is not all of the fancy code which it may have required to build that page, while keeping programmers employed.

Instead, it is that some years ago now, monitors got WIDER (marketing-speak), or LESS TALL (John Q. Public-speak), so how in blazes can it possibly be a good idea from a design (or any other) perspective, to make even taller web pages ?!

Guspaz
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A lot of people do their browsing on tablets now, or even smartphones. You'll note that not only does the new Wind site support all classes of devices gracefully, it even scales images and font sizes as you shrink the browser.

The front page is not informational anyhow. Want the list of their plans? The link for that is right at the top, and that page doesn't really scroll.
analog andy
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Surrey, BC

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said by Davesnothere:

 
Actually, MY problem with the new WIND front page (now that I just went and looked) is not all of the fancy code which it may have required to build that page, while keeping programmers employed.

Instead, it is that some years ago now, monitors got WIDER (marketing-speak), or LESS TALL (John Q. Public-speak), so how in blazes can it possibly be a good idea from a design (or any other) perspective, to make even taller web pages ?!

Didn't you get the memo parallax scrolling on the front page ofcommercial websites is the new shiznit.
analog andy

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said by Guspaz:

that page doesn't really scroll.

Of course not our mouse wheels do...

Davesnothere
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said by smogers :

Ohhh, calling out Guspaz.

That is a battle you will never win.

 
We could gang up on him.

But seriously though....

Want to see a REALLY stupid brand new web page design from someone who wants to sell us something ?

»www.yourindependentgroce ··· ent.html

You may have to feed it a city or a postal code, but once you get the flyer to display, no explanation will be necessary, if y'all read my LAST post.
Davesnothere

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said by analog andy:

said by Guspaz:

....that page doesn't really scroll.

Of course not, our mouse wheels do...

 
But why should we HAVE to scroll so much ?

Soon we'll all have a new cousin to carpal tunnel syndrome.
analog andy
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Surrey, BC

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But seriously though....

Want to see a REALLY stupid brand new web page design ?

»www.yourindependentgroce ··· ent.html

You may have to feed it a city or a postal code, but once you get they flyer to display, no explanation will be necessary, if y'all read my LAST post.

Well at least they have an accessible view tab.

Davesnothere
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said by analog andy:

Well at least they have an 'accessible view' tab.

 
Hmmmm,,,, I didn't TRY that.

I thought I didn't need to.

Will do so, and then report back.
Davesnothere

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IG's New Flyer Website

 
»www.yourindependentgroce ··· ent.html

OK, the AV tab serves its purpose, but doesn't undo the ineptitude of the regular view.

WHY are all of the controls at the top and bottom (instead of at the sides), and SOME CONTROLS EVEN COVER PART OF THE FLYER PAGE ?!

What were they THINKING ?

Oh, I see.

They WEREN'T.
analog andy
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Surrey, BC

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Was probably the management telling the dev company how to do their job.

Davesnothere
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Yep, Yep, Yep.... [said by 'Big Al' from 'Happy Days']

What's more, the previous version of the site was more ergonomically friendly, with MUCH less scrolling needed to read the flyer.

Just centre it once, and flip the pages, IIRC.

Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON

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Re: Wind Mobiles new website

said by analog andy:

oh its down here in this tiny text

Try finding the contact information for telus, talk about wanting to kill yourself. And of course, it only gets more fun when the 800 number they give you doesn't work outside of specific provinces.