Posted by Mika on 11/26/07 10:50

"rf" <rf@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:XTw2j.17210$CN4.11777@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

We don't really want to prolong this particular response, but you have asked
questions and it is polite to answer them:

> I thought you had over and outed :-)

To some.

>> explains incredibly simply what the site is about.
>
> I am telling you that it does not. I am still as much in the dark as to
> what the site is about as before.

We are shocked you cannot work it out from the bullet points. It does not
get any more plain English than that. What exactly you find so mentally
confusing about "Virtual Shopping... REAL Streets" or "Walk inside famous
high street stores ... any time or weather, no hassle or crowds!" we will
never know.

>> We did NOT ask for critiques
>
> Welcome to usenet.

Hello and goodbye very soon! Lol.

>> from people in the wrong country
>
> So because I live in Australia I am in the "wrong" country and am
> therefore prohibited from your "virtual shopping"? How arrogant. I wonder
> if the shops you represent know that you discriminate against shoppers
> from other countries?

Oh dear you are ready to be offended... but no, it is not our choice, it is
the choice of the shops. 99% of them do not offer International delivery
you see, so unless you live in the UK, there is little point shopping at UK
online shops. Do you understand now? Is that okay? Shall we rewrite all
their websites and convert their delivery depots for you? This is a UK site
featuring UK streets on a UK server. Is that unfair? Do you want us to
move Oxford Street to Pakistan perhaps?

>> The site is designed for a mouse and would be unusable without. Sorry
>> but we are catering for a majority here as it is very specific.
>
> Sorry but if you pulled that sort of stunt in Australia your site would be
> against the disabilities leglislation. That is, your site would be illegal
> and I could not use a mouse then I could sue you for damages because I
> cannot use your site to buy something.

'Stunt'? If you cannot use a mouse with this interactive system, then go to
Amazon - we are not stopping you. I'd love for you to report us to the
regulatory body in Australia and see how far you get based on that over
reaction! Are all video games and Nintendo Wii banned there also, because
some people with disabilities cannot grip the controllers? And what was
your complaint, that you couldn't click the small print?! Oh dear.

>> It centres the streetscape div in the page for the best view, as testing
>> showed people did not.
>>
> Yes, I know. I thought it would do something much better and more
> inovative than that. But that's just me, expecting a link to do more than
> scroll the page an inch or so.

Is this really worth the discussion?!

>> Where is the usage guide?... It's the very obvious icon of a guidebook
>> and help symbol on it. We will consider renaming the tooltip to 'See
>> blue book with yellow help symbol above.
>
> This is not obvious at all. Not at all. And even after you have told me
> what it is the title (tooltip) for that book icon is "popup usage guide".
> I abhor popups so why would I click on a "popup usage guide"?

To get to the usage guide.

Anyway we have changed the text now based on your feedback, thank you. See,
sometimes you hit on a valid comment! ;)

> Informative, not.

Sometimes.

>>> Why is the font specified as 14 pixels?
>>
>> Because that is a valid option in HTML, and enlarging the font causes
>> issues with a precisely designed page.
>
> You have a lot to learn about page design then. The font size is *my*
> choice, not yours. If *my* choice of font breaks your design then your
> design is broken.

It is valid HTML.

> So, *you* want to choose my font size but you insist that I supply the
> background?.

Yes, the background colour is rarely changed by anyone - most people can't
even find that setting! Font size however is commonly changed, so we have
to have some control there.

> For whatever definition of "work" you are using. For me it does not work,
> not in any browser. But I think I told you that last year as well :-)

If the people here had been more honest instead of using words like 'broken'
when they mean 'takes a long time when accessed from the other side of the
world in a country it is not designed for', or 'JS streetscape does not
display', when they mean, 'we have turned JS off', it would have saved us an
entire day's work chasing red herrings. I guess that's how you guys pass
your time and get your kicks.

(Cue clever retort throwing the blame back in our direction etc. etc. blah
blah...)

Over and out :P

Mika

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