I just visited the website of the musician Imogen Heap, and I have to say, it kind of falls into that trap:
http://imogenheap.com/home.php?
Okay, so it's not really over-the-top with animation and effects...but it is trying too hard to be fancy. The website has made the biggest mistake a website can make:
There is no actual information on the front page!
You see, if I want to read her blog, I have to actually click "Blog", then I still have to click a blog post title to actually get to read anything.
So, let's get down to the root of the issue...
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The first website, had a minefield of supposedly cool "bells and whistles" at one stage I didn't even know whether I was trying to complete a crossword puzzle accompanied by a menagerie of sounds (like a farmyard) and could find virtually nothing, so guess what?……… I clicked away literally within a few seconds!
The second website was much better, although the header graphic could have had its height reduced by at least a third. At least I could find what I wanted here relatively easily. I also happen to personally like Mike Oldfield's music, especially tubular bells.
Thanks Marcus, "the times" and the designer websites are definitely "a changing!"
~Arthur
The second website was much better, although the header graphic could have had its height reduced by at least a third. At least I could find what I wanted here relatively easily. I also happen to personally like Mike Oldfield's music, especially tubular bells.
Thanks Marcus, "the times" and the designer websites are definitely "a changing!"
~Arthur
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