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Posted by Chris Tomlinson on 07/06/06 17:43
"mbstevens" <NOXwebmasterX@XmbstevensX.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.07.06.16.43.15.867369@XmbstevensX.com...
> On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:49:13 +0000, Spartanicus wrote:
>
>>>http://www.superhighstreet.com/George-Street-Richmond/
>>>
>>>What you see is actually a series of JPGs sliced in divs.
>>
>> I saw no such thing, I did see a "Please click here to view this page
>> correctly" at the top of the page, I didn't bother clicking the link.
>
> I did click around for a bit. There is a truck load of javascript trying
> to do a job that could be done more clearly with straight (X)HTML and CSS,
Thanks for the feedback. What JS are you referring to? The bulk of the JS
is the Google Maps tracking, which I assure you cannot be done with HTML &
CSS.
> and maybe a little server side scripting. It keeps zooming to places I
> didn't intend, popping up new windows with even stranger code behind them.
Can you elaborate on where it 'zoomed' to? I assume you mean
enlarge/magnify?
What strange windows popped up? All that pops up are the web sites of the
shops you click on, which is the entire point of the site. It offers online
shopping from a real high street. If these windows are frustrating, can you
say how better to take a user to a shop's site without losing the street,
street position, etc?
> There is a slide show running and controls to kill right clicks.
That's right, there is a slideshow. The idea is to bring the user to the
street, and give them the sights and sounds. Without the slideshow, they
just get a static 2D view.
We appreciate this is not what you are used to from ordinary web sites, but
nothing was ever achieved by not trying to break molds, and as I said,
broadband is only becoming more common.
Controls to kill the right clicks? One control, and it is for copyright
reasons and only on the streetscape - you can right click anywhere else.
> Unbelievably awful and unusable.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. We appreciate it is hard for web
designers to see sites the same way a member of the public would.
> "...getting nothing but praise from
> our visitors." Erm, not this visitor.
> Maybe if I had an afternoon to overcome the required learning curve.
Can we ask what you found so difficult to learn, as this will help us refine
the instructions above the street. The basic principle is 'drag the street
to walk left and right', and 'click on doors or window posters to shop
there'. We are having trouble understanding how this would need an
afternoon to learn.
> I'd make it usable and accessible before worrying about order of image
> load.
With your continued feedback on the above, we certainly hope to.
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Thanks,
Me
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