Comment Re: OT: talentless WebDev??? (Score 1) 590
You've got some good input there about the end result. But it was a swing and a miss for the planning stage. We were always planning a complimentary HTML version of the leaderboard from day one of development. The Flash did take longer, but seriously, an HTML display like that is built with a couple of looping tags.
And since you haven't actually used the site, you don't know that the leaderboard is just a piece of the puzzle. If you wanted to know what checkpoint team 11 was at, you'd probably go to the team 11 page. That'd be the fastest method. If you really liked team 11, you'd add them to your 'My favorite teams' page. So you'd find their info even faster. I'd work on making it faster but I've already moved on from that project, so I've done all that I can.
On the Macromedia site, compare the use of the Flash shopping cart to a HTML shopping cart. The lack of page reloads makes the system easier to use. Only the relevant parts of the screen/app are changing on clicks. Vendors find better conversion rates with systems like this compared to identical HTML systems. Which means more money for the vendor. Vendors sure do love their money!
That's it. Thanks.
And since you haven't actually used the site, you don't know that the leaderboard is just a piece of the puzzle. If you wanted to know what checkpoint team 11 was at, you'd probably go to the team 11 page. That'd be the fastest method. If you really liked team 11, you'd add them to your 'My favorite teams' page. So you'd find their info even faster. I'd work on making it faster but I've already moved on from that project, so I've done all that I can.
On the Macromedia site, compare the use of the Flash shopping cart to a HTML shopping cart. The lack of page reloads makes the system easier to use. Only the relevant parts of the screen/app are changing on clicks. Vendors find better conversion rates with systems like this compared to identical HTML systems. Which means more money for the vendor. Vendors sure do love their money!
That's it. Thanks.
