Posted by Travis Newbury on 03/01/07 11:49

On Feb 28, 4:02 pm, "Adrienne Boswell" <arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I like to shop online - I especially like shopping for groceries on
> line because I don't have to worry about taking my preschooler to the
> store with me and listening to him cry because he can't have
> something.

You need to discipline your son so he won't do that. It is obviously
a bad behavior. Perhaps VON's abuse of the tables is only a symptom
of the real problem, that is, your son's behaviors?

> They use ASPX, which explains some of why
> it's so bad, but I have seen other ASPX sites that are not as bad,
> heck, they can even validate if the author is conscientious.

ASPX is not alive and can do nothing by itself. I am sure ASPX is not
the culprit. It is those programing the ASPX that cause problems.
(The same for ASP, PHP or anything else.)

> The whole point of this post is a warning to those who want to abuse
> tables, use images for input buttons, gratitous javascript, etc.
> Please don't do that! Users want to get in an out quickly - especially
> if it's a place they frequent often.

I was able to see everything just fine, and the speed was more than
acceptable to me. I saw no issues at all (well the stupid Flash
splash screen was a waste of my time, but easily bypassed)

Some of your issues seem to be personal preference. I tend to like
the pictures and really have no issue with the speed or the use of
tables for layout, you (and others) feel differently. I guess if
enough of those that don't like the current website either write to
them, or just stop using the site and take their business elsewhere,
they will get the idea and change. But if there are no (or not
enough) complaints and they don't see a decrease in sales, then they
can only assume that their site is working fine and there is no need
to change.

> There - I feel better, thank you.
You may want to think about disciplining your son though. That
"crying because he can't have something" behavior will only get worse
as he gets older... (according to the University of Virginia and
others)

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