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Posted by Chris Tomlinson on 07/06/06 22:02
"jojo" <jojo.hafner@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:e8ju82$67c$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Chris Tomlinson schrieb:
> I found 6 externel JavaScript on this Site: 3 from maps.google.com, 2 from
> www.assoc-amazon.co.uk and one from pageat2.googlesyndication.com.
> And there are at least 9 <script>-Tags in your main sitte and another one
> in the iframe.
We're not sure what you're saying there -- is there some reason we shouldn't
be using JS at all?
> When I scrolled or clicked the site before all your multimedia was loaded
> my browser crashed (only Firefox, works on IE). So actually I was brought
> nowhere...
That is worrying as we haven't managed to crash FF once. Is this
repeatable?
> And now it is 3D? I personally think that websites with sound are one of
> the most cruel crimes you can commit. Not only the loading-time, it's just
> annoying. And imagine someone listens to music while visiting your site...
There is a balance here. Some people like the initial way the site brings
you to the street, visually and audibly. Take away the audio and you lose
one of the senses that you couldn't avoid on the street. Do you wear
earplugs when shopping?
The aim of the site is to bring a realistic shopping experience, without the
crowds, traffic, bad weather, etc. We can't stress that enough. To then
say we should take away the things that make the site unique, is to say the
site shouldn't exist. It's actually quite a fun idea yet everyone on this
group seems to be struggling to use it, yet my father who is 75 had no
trouble at all on 4 year old computer with a 0.5 Gb broadband connection.
What we're saying is, if you're a programmer of course you are going to
attack anything you wouldn't have done, but the vast majority of the
population are not web programmers, and for them the site therefore just
does what it says on the tin.
> Your site still needs a lot of time to load with broadband connections.
> (especially the sound)
The sound portion is 100k. Again, the site is designed for/recommended for
broadband connections.
> I just have to switch off JavaScript and - bingo, i can right click on the
> images...
It is just a deterrant. The images are digitally watermarked.
> Oh, there is one thing that you learn very quickly: Do not visit this site
> again!
Thanks for your constructive feedback.
Just out of interest -- how would you achieve the end goal (a good quality
scrolling interactive streetscape with a realistic high street 'feel')? You
guys are very quick to criticise, but we do not see any better ideas coming
from the same direction as the negative comments. ;)
> BTW: have you ever tried to validate the site?
>
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.superhighstreet.com%2FGeorge-Street-Richmond%2F
>
> Cruel! The most serious mistakes:
> -No doctype
The site is currently in beta, and has yet to be launched. This is made
clear on the top of the page. We doubt any non-programmers are going to
validate the site at this stage.
> -2 <html>-Tags
You are confusing that with the SSI top shared border which has its own tag.
> -Many attributes with no values (for example <meta name="..." content>
Beta, will look into it thanks.
> -Attributes used on tags which doesn't have them (for example <iframe ...
> target="_blank" >
Again thanks.
> -Attributes used which doesn't even exist
?
> I wonder what program creates such wasted code... Even FrontPage can do it
> better I think... Or was it FrontPage?
FrontPage was a great help with the graphic imagemaps over the streetscapes,
yes.
--
Thanks,
Me
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