Comments on: RIA Example: Theory 7

By: Nevil Slade

Nevil Slade — Tue, 06 May 2003 01:23:11 +0000

great to see my site being discussed, dave, in response to your comment, this site is not designed for the average web user, as JesterXL pointed out, my target audience is designers and developers, 90% of who have experience of using complicated computer applications, for example most will use software like flash on a daily basis, so a site like this should be pretty easy to use.

If I was selling music cd’s or package holidays then I would make the site far more average user friendly.

Hope that explains things.

Also although the site may look overcomplicated, tha is purely because there is a lot of content, the actual process of registering, browsing for a product, making a purchase and downloading your product is easier than any other eccomerce site I have ever seen on the web, give it a try and see ;)

Cheers

Nevil
MD Theory7

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:57:56 +0000

Granted, I could be subjective because I come from a gaming background. I enjoy exploratory design.

Keep in mind, too, their target audience is Flash peeps; peeps like me!

Navigating complicated Flash interfaces is something I would consider myself pretty adept at. Why? Because I design some of those very interfaces!

Yeah, it’s definately totally different from Broadmoor, but it’s audience is totaly different, so I think the added complexity here isn’t a hindrance to me actually purchasing something from them.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:40:03 +0000

I’m not convinced that these are the “types of sites [that] make Flash developers look yummy to the industry.”

It feels a little overcomplicated to me. I can’t imagine your average web user sitting down with this and knowing what to do.

I think one of the advantages of RIA is the ability to hide the complexity of the web, not make the complexity look shiny.