Comments on: Some design annoyances http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/ Web development concerns, usually revolving around implimentation of designs into graphics, CSS, and HTML. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pnqybyugwt http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-14692 pnqybyugwt Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:30:27 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-14692 Thanks for this site! <a href="http://hifue.info" rel="nofollow">hifue.info</a> Thanks for this site!
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]]> By: liorean http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13643 liorean Thu, 31 May 2007 06:04:05 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13643 <p>Jordan: Actually, Internet Explorer was not one of the browsers I tested it with. Nor did I use any other Trident powered browser. I tested it using Opera 9.50 (you'll see a preview release when Kestrel has reached alpha stage, currently it's tester only) and Firefox 2.0.</p> <p>As for the WoW sites, they are very unreliable for another reason. The Europe site has a tendency to be unavailable when the servers go down for maintainance, just for example.</p> Jordan: Actually, Internet Explorer was not one of the browsers I tested it with. Nor did I use any other Trident powered browser. I tested it using Opera 9.50 (you’ll see a preview release when Kestrel has reached alpha stage, currently it’s tester only) and Firefox 2.0.

As for the WoW sites, they are very unreliable for another reason. The Europe site has a tendency to be unavailable when the servers go down for maintainance, just for example.

]]> By: Jordan Bradford http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13634 Jordan Bradford Wed, 30 May 2007 18:52:28 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13634 Blizzard is usually pretty good about usability. I think the site will get better with time. The Click to Activate problem in IE is either laziness or oversight. They should be using JavaScript to generate the tags; then the Click to Activate problem doesn't happen. The lack of volume control is also laziness or oversight. The same goes for relying so much on Flash for navigation. Re the XSLT processing: they use this extensively on the World of Warcraft website. They seem to have put their Starcraft 2 site into the same content management system they use for WoW. Test out the WoW site and see if you have problems. If so, it's broken across the board, not just on the SC2 site. You should send your comments to blizzsite@blizzard.com and wowguide@blizzard.com, the first because it's the webmaster address for the non-WoW sites, and the latter because they're using the same WoW system for SC2. Blizzard is usually pretty good about usability. I think the site will get better with time.

The Click to Activate problem in IE is either laziness or oversight. They should be using JavaScript to generate the tags; then the Click to Activate problem doesn’t happen.

The lack of volume control is also laziness or oversight. The same goes for relying so much on Flash for navigation.

Re the XSLT processing: they use this extensively on the World of Warcraft website. They seem to have put their Starcraft 2 site into the same content management system they use for WoW. Test out the WoW site and see if you have problems. If so, it’s broken across the board, not just on the SC2 site.

You should send your comments to blizzsite@blizzard.com and wowguide@blizzard.com, the first because it’s the webmaster address for the non-WoW sites, and the latter because they’re using the same WoW system for SC2.

]]> By: Richard Ellender http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13418 Richard Ellender Wed, 23 May 2007 17:37:08 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13418 They have optimised the site for the target audience, I'm sure they would have thought about some of the issues that you have raised. They have optimised the site for the target audience, I’m sure they would have thought about some of the issues that you have raised.

]]> By: Squiggle http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13404 Squiggle Wed, 23 May 2007 11:12:25 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13404 rearding the "XSLT Processing Failed!" error message, it seems they're taking an interesting technical approach to their website. This isn't really an accessibility issue, but they're using client-side XSL processing to gather the information and render the page. This is quite a poor approach and wholy incompatible with older browsers (or those without the capacity for XSL). The actual XML content they're providing for each page has none of the relevant information on it, either. XSL transformations such as this should be done server-side, but I guess they couldn't afford the processing power. It's a stupid way of rendering a bad website. Thanks for pointing it out :) rearding the “XSLT Processing Failed!” error message, it seems they’re taking an interesting technical approach to their website. This isn’t really an accessibility issue, but they’re using client-side XSL processing to gather the information and render the page.
This is quite a poor approach and wholy incompatible with older browsers (or those without the capacity for XSL). The actual XML content they’re providing for each page has none of the relevant information on it, either. XSL transformations such as this should be done server-side, but I guess they couldn’t afford the processing power. It’s a stupid way of rendering a bad website.

Thanks for pointing it out :)

]]> By: liorean http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13401 liorean Wed, 23 May 2007 10:50:48 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13401 <p>And my point is that they could get much better when it comes to accessibility with just a few changes that can be done without changing the design. It's funny though, I would think the gamer community would be filled with people with good rigs that are used to having many programs working at the same time; that use voice chat, music players and have their volume setting adjusted per program so everything has the right balance instead of through Windows global volume setting; used to doing many things at the same time such as using multiple tabs in their browser and knowing about and using keyboard navigation. So these issues should actually be more of an issue in the gaming community than for computer users in general.</p> And my point is that they could get much better when it comes to accessibility with just a few changes that can be done without changing the design. It’s funny though, I would think the gamer community would be filled with people with good rigs that are used to having many programs working at the same time; that use voice chat, music players and have their volume setting adjusted per program so everything has the right balance instead of through Windows global volume setting; used to doing many things at the same time such as using multiple tabs in their browser and knowing about and using keyboard navigation. So these issues should actually be more of an issue in the gaming community than for computer users in general.

]]> By: kevinn http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-13386 kevinn Wed, 23 May 2007 03:23:39 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/2007/05/22/some-design-annoyances/#comment-13386 Most gaming/game based sites don't really have accessibility/usability in focus. They all just want big presentation/eyecandy of their product. Most gaming/game based sites don’t really have accessibility/usability in focus. They all just want big presentation/eyecandy of their product.

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