Comments on: Developing websites — structure, content, and design http://www.geeksintraining.com/2008/08/02/developing-websites-%e2%80%94-structure-content-and-design/ Geeks in Training is a site for the not-too-puzzled. If you know everything already, it's not for you. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:43:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Why Flash sites usually suck - Ian Hoar – Passion for Technology – Geeking Out http://www.geeksintraining.com/2008/08/02/developing-websites-%e2%80%94-structure-content-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Why Flash sites usually suck - Ian Hoar – Passion for Technology – Geeking Out Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:43:09 +0000 http://www.geeksintraining.com/?p=55#comment-178 [...] a whole package to developing a fantastic website and Geeks In Training has a great article called Developing websites — structure, content, and design that delves into this deeper, but we are going to limit ourselves to Flash [...] [...] a whole package to developing a fantastic website and Geeks In Training has a great article called Developing websites — structure, content, and design that delves into this deeper, but we are going to limit ourselves to Flash [...]

]]> By: Michael Zimmermann http://www.geeksintraining.com/2008/08/02/developing-websites-%e2%80%94-structure-content-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Michael Zimmermann Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:37:14 +0000 http://www.geeksintraining.com/?p=55#comment-29 The movie site is a great example. They are almost universally over-designed, and every single one of them seems to have every possible new bleeding edge tech crammed into them. Apple's quicktime trailers pages aren't bad, though. Want trailers? You have the thumbnail, a cast and crew list, the synopsis, and the link to the trailers. When people are coming to a site for a specific reason, that's the time to grab them, not confuse them. Granted, most movie sites attempt to make themselves 'sticky' by having extra stuff to do (games, viral sharing campaigns), but in doing so, they often overshadow or destroy the basic reasons for people to be there. Convince us to stay by first giving us what we want, not trying to force us into something else once we get there. The movie site is a great example. They are almost universally over-designed, and every single one of them seems to have every possible new bleeding edge tech crammed into them. Apple’s quicktime trailers pages aren’t bad, though. Want trailers? You have the thumbnail, a cast and crew list, the synopsis, and the link to the trailers. When people are coming to a site for a specific reason, that’s the time to grab them, not confuse them.

Granted, most movie sites attempt to make themselves ’sticky’ by having extra stuff to do (games, viral sharing campaigns), but in doing so, they often overshadow or destroy the basic reasons for people to be there. Convince us to stay by first giving us what we want, not trying to force us into something else once we get there.

]]> By: Ian http://www.geeksintraining.com/2008/08/02/developing-websites-%e2%80%94-structure-content-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Ian Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:54:04 +0000 http://www.geeksintraining.com/?p=55#comment-28 Great article, I am working on something similar. Over design plays a huge roll too. Usability is king. There's so many good looking sites out there that still annoy the hell out of users and we just leave out of frustration. I would go so far to say that I am more likely to stay on an ugly site that is content rich and easy to navigate. I shouldn't even be thinking about how the navigation works, it should just work. If I'm thinking about it then it's not working. That doesn't mean we should have ugly sites, but it seems lately the priority of some sites is over weight in design. Movie sites are notorious for this. Usually we just want to see the trailer or screenshots without trying to guess where to click or now to get back to the main page. Great article, I am working on something similar. Over design plays a huge roll too. Usability is king. There’s so many good looking sites out there that still annoy the hell out of users and we just leave out of frustration. I would go so far to say that I am more likely to stay on an ugly site that is content rich and easy to navigate. I shouldn’t even be thinking about how the navigation works, it should just work. If I’m thinking about it then it’s not working. That doesn’t mean we should have ugly sites, but it seems lately the priority of some sites is over weight in design. Movie sites are notorious for this. Usually we just want to see the trailer or screenshots without trying to guess where to click or now to get back to the main page.

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