Big business is expected to cater to escape, so they add bells and whistles. Consumers put on different hats. They like to be taken away by fantastical sites. They like to get in and get what they need on pure information sites.
Imagine if the designs for these two sites were reversed. http://www.dairiki.org/HammondWiki http://www.hotwheels.com/index_hwkids.aspx The big problems with loading up a site with gimmicks are speed and compatibility. Should big business offer an alternative? They do what they want. If you go to http://disney.go.com/index without the proper requirements, you can't even get in the door. It s seems obvious, so maybe I don't understand the question. I hope I didn't come off as condescending. On Jun 11, 6:51 pm, "Michael G. Henders" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just read through the thread about Canon's newly- > released car models, and the subsequent discussion of > various ways of working around their site design to > get to the model files. And I was struck (again) by > just how *wrong* the situation is when one has to go > to these lengths to avoid something that was intended > (I presume!!) to make it easier in some way to access > the files. Or it was intended to 'improve the user > experience' in some way. Or something. > > So I'm asking, does anyone actually find this stuff > useful, or find that it makes the site that much more > aesthetically pleasing, or improves your experience > with a site significantly in some way? And, if so, > in what way? Alternately, if you have ever designed > a site that was loaded with Javascript and/or Flash, > etc., why did you do it that way, as opposed to some > kind of more basic HTML arrangement? > > Incidentally, I do mean this as a serious question, > not a rhetorical whine; I'm genuinely curious about > this. :) > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
