I took a second, still brief look at the www.kearys.ie site. Still like the home page layout.
But the Flash central animation has a few problems. FLASH PROBLEMS: 1. The Kearys of Cork, Kearys of Midleton, and Kearys Mallow (not "of Mallow"?) all look the same. This may be intentional, but comically looks like one location trying to pose as three. Forgive my irreverence. I'm awful. 2. It doesn't do anything. Flash animation can be used to show different angles of something, or show something in motion, or solving a problem, or how to assemble it, or how to use it correctly, or as interaction (ala Subservient Chicken). This is not doing anything that a series of still photos could not do just as well. 3. I agree with others who have suggested featuring an "Off" button to stop the darned thing. It's main effect is to distract and render an otherwise highly usable homepage somewhat less usable. 4. The "Loading...please wait" can be better rendered by a clock or other time-elapse device that shows users how much time is remaining until the Flash is fully downloaded. I have a dial up connection, but it is very fast downloading, so the download time is not a problem for me. OTHER CONCERNS: When I clicked on "Garages" I chose some location, I think Cork [really don't recall, it's not important anyway] and was taken to a frameset of tables presenting different automobiles with data and prices. I hate frames in most cases. They cause URL reference/bookmarking problems, screen capture problems, and print out problems. Oh wait...there is a Printer Friendly Stocklist available. I clicked on it and waited. And waited. And waited. After 2 or 3 minutes, with my download progress Windows widget indicating no progress, I bailed out. Will return and evaluate more on this site later. I like the site, thus I'm curious about how it might be improved. Steven Streight STREIGHT SITE SYSTEMS Web Usability Analysis, Credibility Assessment & Content Writing STREIGHT TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS Direct Marketing and Online Writing Services mailto: astreight at msn dot com Usability Information Site: http://www.vaspersthegrate.blogspot.com User Research Site: http://www.webwhispers.blogspot.com ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
