I didn't get the errors, but I confirm Shep's latency issues. It's hard to get past that to comment as to the site's usability.
----- Original Message ---- From: Shep McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:31:13 AM Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Rugby.com Fail. On my first click, "Women"... The site crashed (Server Error) (And I'm at work - so bandwidth shouldn't be a problem, but the audio was so choppy, I shut it off instantly) Second try: "Men" server error again... Third try: Finally I get in. No offense Stephen, maybe I didn't give it a chance, but where's the innovation? Don't get me wrong - it does LOOK nice. But... - The latency on the main nav is poor - The latency on the secondary nav makes it almost unusable - Flash intro on the home page that simply fades to black at the end. Above the fold is not a large black field of nothing... - The flip-page magazine view (is there a name for this pattern) has controls that are super-difficult to find On Aug 18, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Stephen Dondershine wrote: > Had to submit this site to the group as I find it pretty > interesting. Aside > from some navigation probs., I think this site is very cool and > demonstrates > an effective and very compelling use of Flash--although it's obviously > geared toward a very young demographic (much younger than me!). I'd be > interested in your reactions--both positive and negative. There are > some > innovative ideas in here if nothing else. > > www.rugby.com > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
