Comments on: Form over function at Fopp http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331 All the pig that's fit to saw Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:45:22 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-15322 Nik Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:29:23 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-15322 Thanks, Matt. I've just added <a href="http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/07/27/386" rel="nofollow">another article</a> with this news. Thanks, Matt. I’ve just added another article with this news.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-15236 Matt Thu, 27 Jul 2006 09:34:47 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-15236 Flash is not great if you want to do a usable retail website. Screws with the speed as well. Hence why we went for an Open Source, simple e-commerce engine when redesigning the Fopp website internally. This enabled us to avoid the path many design agencies take you down with over-engineered snazzy websites that are not functional or customer friendly. Incidently we launched 2 weeks ago with a better site. Flash is not great if you want to do a usable retail website. Screws with the speed as well.
Hence why we went for an Open Source, simple e-commerce engine when redesigning the Fopp website internally. This enabled us to avoid the path many design agencies take you down with over-engineered snazzy websites that are not functional or customer friendly.

Incidently we launched 2 weeks ago with a better site.

]]> By: Simon Wakeman » Why is Flash so bad? http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-14451 Simon Wakeman » Why is Flash so bad? Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:08:28 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-14451 [...] Found a good summary of why building your site mostly or all in Flash is a bad idea: courtesy of Pigsaw. [...] [...] Found a good summary of why building your site mostly or all in Flash is a bad idea: courtesy of Pigsaw. [...]

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-2742 Nik Tue, 02 May 2006 09:36:47 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-2742 Another good point. Thanks. Designing a usable user interface is very difficult, and an interface designer is not the same thing as a graphic designer. Another good point. Thanks. Designing a usable user interface is very difficult, and an interface designer is not the same thing as a graphic designer.

]]> By: Simon Wakeman http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-2648 Simon Wakeman Mon, 01 May 2006 19:52:12 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-2648 Thanks for the great article. I think you've captured some key reasons to avoid Flash, or at least use very carefully as a secondary element on a site. One more I'd add would be that often when Flash is used, the designers tend to create a new user interface (UI) that's different to the one they are used to. Sometimes it's ok, but often the new UI is only really intuitive to the person who designed it! Thanks for the great article. I think you’ve captured some key reasons to avoid Flash, or at least use very carefully as a secondary element on a site.

One more I’d add would be that often when Flash is used, the designers tend to create a new user interface (UI) that’s different to the one they are used to. Sometimes it’s ok, but often the new UI is only really intuitive to the person who designed it!

]]> By: Nik http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-1870 Nik Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:43:09 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-1870 That's nice. Though it's made me realise another thing you can't do with Flash (which you'd want to do with maps in particular): Print the page. That’s nice. Though it’s made me realise another thing you can’t do with Flash (which you’d want to do with maps in particular): Print the page.

]]> By: MC http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331/comment-page-1#comment-1869 MC Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:44:28 +0000 http://blog.pigsaw.org/permalink/2006/04/19/331#comment-1869 Yes, Flash is not the way to implement the whole site. And it is generally used too much for adverts, which is where <a HREF="http://flashblock.mozdev.org/" rel="nofollow">flashblock</a> comes in. But sometimes <a HREF="http://www.quickmap.com/movie1wat.htm" rel="nofollow">the power of Flash can be used for good</a>. Yes, Flash is not the way to implement the whole site. And it is generally used too much for adverts, which is where flashblock comes in. But sometimes the power of Flash can be used for good.

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