Re: FLASH: Barneys.com

[Lisa Broussard]

agreed!

boo.com is the perfect example.

it's cool as all get out,

but has basically gone out of business...


form should follow function.


::guigrrl::




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From: "Sohrab Pirayesh" <sohrab2mtc [dot] com>

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Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 13:32:21 -0400

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To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: Barneys.com

> 

> Don't get me wrong,

> but somethings just shouldn't be done in flash. I've always found that

> e-commerce flash sites, are annoying, hard to navigate, slow, and

> distracting. I don't need something to slowly fade in, if its gonna take an

> additional 5 seconds of my time. There are other ways of making things

> attractive and aetheticly pleasing.

> 

> however,

> i do understand what their attempt was. They are trying to bring the joy of

> shopping at the mall to the web and i commend them for it.

> 

> At this time, with the bandwidth's being what they are, and the web still in

> its infancy, flash as a technology doesn't add anything to the ecommerce

> website.

> 

> I love flash, but at this time we only recommend it to clients looking for a

> company site, a marketing commercial or sales presentaion, or if it truly

> has a functionality purpose like teh site for the teh school for blind

> children.

> 

> my 2 cents,

> 

> -sohrab

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