The homepage looks like something one could remember - it is different, interesting, colorful, interactive, slick... The cards are partially hidden, so you want to click them to see the whole picture. The cards move a bit when you point them, which increases their clickability. It all looks nice.
There are a few things, though, I would question: 1) Why would there be two items called meeting & events? 2) The cards hide content - maybe that's not that bad if the card titles are on the spot - however, you have to actively bring a card to the front to see what it offers 3) The white color texts are hard to read against the light colored card backgrounds. 4) The links are hard to find - you have to hunt for them 5) The font on the Find card is sooo tiny - hard to read 6) The strange band below the cards - most of the content is hidden most of the time, you have to click the arrows to rotate elements 7) The strange band below the cards - you point an item in the middle - it enlarges, so now your mouse is between the text and the icon - you click, and nothing happens - you have to move the mouse to follow the link Possibly a bug: If you expand a section in the find card, the other cards stop moving when you point them? Dimiter Simov Lucrat Ltd. www.lucrat.net Netage Solutions Inc. www.netagesolutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Sherman Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2009 22:35 To: Forum Interaction Design Ixda Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Marriott.com breaks the mold... ...for hotels, at least. I just browsed over to http://www.marriott.com/default.mi to make a room reservation, and was pleasantly surprised at their new home page. I'd love to hear the story behind the design. But it'd be great to hear the community weigh in as well. -Paul - - - - - - - Paul Sherman, Principal, ShermanUX User Experience Research | Design | Strategy [email protected] www.ShermanUX.com +1.512.917.1942 - - - - - - - ________________________________________________________________ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.716 / Virus Database: 270.14.102/2556 - Release Date: 12/15/09 09:52:00 ________________________________________________________________ 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
