Re: [SaF] Navigational Nightmares
Oh, I knew you were serious Alan! And I totally agree with your example. But the way you answerd SO fast, made me giggle. Sorry if I stepped on your toes :o) In a message dated 2/13/01 8:49:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Funny to you, but I was dead serious and so have many through the > years as they tried to navigate through that huge labyrinth known as > www.microsoft.com. > > Microsoft is made up of many departments. Each of them is working on > their web sites independent of the other departments. Often visitors > need to link from one site within Microsoft.com to another site and > that is where trouble begins. Things are not always well coordinated > there between the departments. One department might link to > something at the MS site, unaware that the site to which they are > linking, has moved that particular page. Also, Microsoft's overuse > of ASP also adds to the problem, as these scripts tend to be full of > errors. At least that is my experience. Also, department > responsibilities and assignments change from company restructuring. > You may think one technology is located at one site, but later you > learn that technology is now under the auspices of a different > department. > > The Microsoft site is so utterly huge that if you spend much time in > it, you surely will get lost at some point. > > > Alan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Navigational Nightmares
On 13 Feb 2001, 15:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > T FUNNY!!! Funny to you, but I was dead serious and so have many through the years as they tried to navigate through that huge labyrinth known as www.microsoft.com. Microsoft is made up of many departments. Each of them is working on their web sites independent of the other departments. Often visitors need to link from one site within Microsoft.com to another site and that is where trouble begins. Things are not always well coordinated there between the departments. One department might link to something at the MS site, unaware that the site to which they are linking, has moved that particular page. Also, Microsoft's overuse of ASP also adds to the problem, as these scripts tend to be full of errors. At least that is my experience. Also, department responsibilities and assignments change from company restructuring. You may think one technology is located at one site, but later you learn that technology is now under the auspices of a different department. The Microsoft site is so utterly huge that if you spend much time in it, you surely will get lost at some point. Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Navigational Nightmares
T FUNNY!!! In a message dated 2/13/01 3:36:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://www.microsoft.com/ > Alan > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SaF] Navigational Nightmares
On 13 Feb 2001, 14:47, Kathleen Rydel wrote: > Does anyone know of any websites that are extremely weak on navigation? > I need to locate some as examples. I've checked websitesthatsuck and > other similar sites but they seem to feature all manner of bad web > design and I need to focus specifically on navigation. Thanks. http://www.microsoft.com/ Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
