but, but, <blink> tags were so _cool_!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 2:06 AM, rhia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rhiannen@atlantacon.org">rhiannen@atlantacon.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 08:03 -0500, Geoffrey Myers wrote:<br>
> Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:<br>
> > Hi Guys,<br>
> ><br>
> > I went to the Atlanta Mobile Developers meeting tonight. A guy there<br>
> > told me about this source for inexpensive Android tablets. So, I'm<br>
> > passing it along.<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://cheapestandroid.com/" target="_blank">http://cheapestandroid.com/</a><br>
><br>
> No reflection on you Ron...<br>
><br>
> <rant><br>
><br>
> That is the worst website I have ever seen. The continuous sliding back<br>
> and forth makes me want to vomit.<br>
><br>
> Why do people build pages like this trash.<br>
><br>
> </rant><br>
<br>
<br>
</div>Bad design, yes, but have seen much worse. Just bite the bullet and<br>
click on one of the two directional arrows to make the sliding stop.<br>
However, I will join with ranting about sites that force you to click on<br>
a directional arrow to make movement stop, sites that automatically load<br>
sound, sites that hide the sound controls in tiny little print, or<br>
worse, sites that don't give any option to turn off the sound, or<br>
motion, or both, at all.<br>
<br>
And I don't blame the designers, well, not entirely. Most are just<br>
trying to collect payment from clueless overly demanding customers.<br>
<br>
Ahem,<br>
However...<br>
At least make the attempt to convert your customer to more reasonable,<br>
less bling-filled annoyances. If they won't listen, take the check and<br>
move on to the next account.<br>
<br>
Personally, a main page with sound and animation of any sort annoys me.<br>
They take longer to load and are far more distracting than enticing. If<br>
I can't glaringly obviously turn off the movement or sound within the<br>
first 3 seconds of loading a page, I close it, black-list it, and don't<br>
go back. So, maybe I might occasionally miss some first run early<br>
adoption tech. So be it. The way I view it is that if the tech is worth<br>
adopting it will still be there long enough for more professional<br>
appearing sites to be built. It's a personal thing, but I refuse to give<br>
serious attention, let alone hard earned cash, to annoying amateurish<br>
bling filled animated sites especially in the age of paying for<br>
bandwidth on smart phones. Site in question (<a href="http://cheapestandroid.com" target="_blank">cheapestandroid.com</a>) could<br>
have had the prominent buttons and let the user decide to click or not.<br>
(HINT to cheapestandroid - your target audience who have found your site<br>
are perfectly capable of clicking the arrow buttons. Promise.)<br>
<br>
When I click on a link for information, whether or not buying is an<br>
option, that's exactly what I want: Information. Not animation, not<br>
sound, not bling, just plain ol' generic information. Occasionally small<br>
footprint images for clarification. Put the fancy stuff, if it has to be<br>
there at all, off the front page, thankyouverymuch.<br>
<br>
----<br>
rhia<br>
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consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as
they please, and those who survive will be left to contemplate the
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