Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-14 Thread Aaron Roberson
It's about time 2Advanced updated their site... And in regards to Flash sites v. HTML/AJAX even usability expert Steve Krug says that they are appropriate for showcasing art work or for a band site. In fact, Jacob Nielson has made some minor concessions to that extent as well. 2cents at no

RE: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-14 Thread Turetsky, Seth
to me Sorry for the OT post -Original Message- From: Aaron Roberson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wow.. what a site!! It's about time 2Advanced updated their site... And in regards to Flash sites v. HTML/AJAX even usability

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Funny that you said thatThis is from the creator of 2advanced Q: Can you tell us a bit about your history to Flash? What is your story behind this wonderful concept of 2advanced? A: I was introduced to Flash when I saw Gabocorp.com. The first ever 100% flash site, which blew me away. It

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Rick Root
Personally, I *HATE* 100% flash web sites. It is my experience that great flash designers are poor UI people, and most flash sites - including this one - are terribly obnoxious to use, filled with lots of time wasting crap, hard to read text, incomprehensible UI paths, etc. rick -- I'm not

RE: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Crow T Robot
You're just jealous. =) -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wow.. what a site!! Personally, I *HATE* 100% flash web sites. It is my experience that great flash designers are poor UI

RE: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Steve Brownlee
Brownlee http://www.fusioncube.net/ -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wow.. what a site!! Personally, I *HATE* 100% flash web sites. It is my experience that great flash designers are poor UI people

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Wowquite the whinefest going on about Flash!! You know if nobody ever pushed the boundaries, we'd never advance. I have similar feelings about fancy for the sake of fancy, but it is quite the site regardless. Check out their client roster.they must be doing something right ;-) Cheers

RE: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Paul Vernon
I have to agree with Rick on this one. Well, perhaps not all Flash sites, just all Flash sites like this one. When the site focuses more on imagery and look what we can do, rather than sound design, navigation and usability priciples, I get annoyed because they are so hard to use. But

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Jim Wright
It is a great site...I went to view one of their client examples, hit the back button, and suddenly had a pretty picture with no navigation. They obviously knew I was done looking at their site. That takes some serious UI design skills.

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Bruce Sorge
And you have to remember that it is Marketing that is making these decisions. I am sure we have all worked with a Marketing department at one point in our careers. They LOVE this stuff. They are all about 'what bells and whistles can you add to my UI to make it stand out above the competition'?

RE: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-13 Thread Kevin Aebig
of Flash and stereotypes it. Cheers, !k -Original Message- From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Wow.. what a site!! Personally, I *HATE* 100% flash web sites. It is my experience that great flash designers are poor UI

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-12 Thread Bryan Stevenson
reminds me of the original gabocorp sitenow that was WAY before it's time Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com

Re: Wow.. what a site!!

2007-02-12 Thread Doug Brown
, because there weren't really any at the consumer level. Doug B. - Original Message - From: Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Wow.. what a site!! reminds me of the original gabocorp sitenow