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Nicanor

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900 Gobal website looks terrible
« on: September 18, 2007, 01:05:12 AM »
I don't know if its my computer or that the 900 Global website looks terribe.

I really can't find any information (well, very little) on the website and what little information it does have has write over on the information that is there on Balls: The Break.

They should take the website down until at least they can fix the small amount of information that is there.

I realize they are a newly formed manufactuer, but even more so that they would have a professional website if they were to have one at all.


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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2007, 09:10:58 AM »
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I don't know if its my computer or that the 900 Global website looks terribe.

I really can't find any information (well, very little) on the website and what little information it does have has write over on the information that is there on Balls: The Break.

They should take the website down until at least they can fix the small amount of information that is there.

I realize they are a newly formed manufactuer, but even more so that they would have a professional website if they were to have one at all.


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It is somewhat lame compared to others.
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Bar5003

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2007, 09:22:01 AM »
From what eric told me this is only temporary, they are having a site professionally done...not sure when it will be out!
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2007, 09:29:37 AM »
I am sure getting the actual product out takes the first priority and then get a better website up later.
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2007, 09:32:39 AM »
Better to have something than nothing IMO.

bamaster aka Tony M. did Dyno-Thane's for Phil I believe maybe he will do Global 900's.
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2007, 09:34:17 AM »
Well, Lane #1s site is pretty bad, too, and I hate opening up the Banger Site as well.
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2007, 09:47:47 AM »
We are working on the site as we speak.  We figured no website would have caused more grief than having one that needs to be updated.  Baby steps guys, i know it seems hard to believe but its a lot of work building a new brand, maintaining an existing one as well as juggling shoes.  Nicanor (this is not a knock on you) if you make comments about it looking terrible please help us by making constructive comments behind it.  Give us some ideas or suggestions that you are looking for when you visit our site.  Now is the time to do this since we are in building mode.
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shelley

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2007, 10:26:47 AM »
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Eric...look at the Lanemasters web site.  http://www.lanemastersbowling.com/  It's top notch.  Very professional with lots of information.  I wouldn't say copy it exactly, but it can give you some ideas of what a ball manufacturer's web site can be with a little effort.


Flashturbation is not professional, top-notch, or any other adjective you would use to describe a good website.  It sucks.  

It's not indexable, you can't search it.  Screen readers don't understand it.  You can't copy and paste text.  

You can't link to anything but the front page.  Why should I have to go through "Loading....1%....2%...." to find the factory finish on a ball that came out three years ago?  Why can't I save a link to the factory finishes page?

It doesn't properly obey things like scroll wheels.  It's frickin' 2007, you can't even buy a mouse without a scroll wheel without trying really, really hard.  Why should I have to click on the four pixels on a flash-based scroll bar to scroll the text?  This isn't 1991, it's 2007 (frickin' 2007, even).

It's CPU-inefficient, I have machines that go 100% CPU usage on any flash site, whether there's fancy animation or not.  Not old machines, either.

You can't resize the text, Flash completely ignores the user's text size and font preferences.  How many hundreds of Flash sites use light-colored text on a light background with a small font that looks hip, slick, cool, or unique (like every other lame-ash Flash site that does the same thing)?

I go to the Lanemasters website to find information on the balls.  I don't go to be wowed by how totally awesome some jackhole is with Dreamweaver.

"Oh, but I need Flash to show this movie of Fred Borden."  No, you don't.  Quicktime was doing it (better, and on more platforms) long before Flash was given unholy life by the Prince of Darkness.

You could do away with Flash altogether and the quality of the collective Internet would double.

SH

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2007, 10:31:58 AM »
Whew, Shelly take a breath, LOL
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2007, 10:32:25 AM »
Great rant Shelley.  Someone else who gets the point that Flash overuse sucks!  In small doses, it's fine.  (i.e. for a game, for a video that is part of the page)   However, using Flash for EVERYTHING just makes things slow, ungainly, and complicated for no good reason other than for it to "look pretty."
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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2007, 10:36:34 AM »
Shelley
Don't sugar coat it, tell us how you really feel

We should as Eric mentioned have a decent site that is informative. We are not in the entertainment business, we are information providers.
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shelley

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2007, 10:38:06 AM »
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say what you feel Shelley...J/K...I agree with you, nothing worse than waiting on a site when you have a simple question.


The Internet is supposed to be platform neutral, collaborative, and accessible to everyone.  I spend a lot of time on "alternative" platforms that aren't Windows XP with Internet Explorer.  I use OS X on Macs, a dozen flavors of Linux, old Windows computers, Solaris on Suns, Firefox, Camino, Safari, Mozilla, Netscape.  Given that all of those systems agree to support a very large feature set that place very little restrictions on what the user and developer can do, it seems silly to choose the lamest, least useful "solution" you can find.

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2007, 10:40:18 AM »
Go Shelley!  Sure, the LM site LOOKS nice, but that's not all that matters.  There is ZERO accessibility on that site.  CSS and XHTML compliance are the way to go!
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Nicanor

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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2007, 04:44:06 PM »
Pretty much the website says nothing and what is on the pages is written over so you can't read it if wanted to.  The ball numbers RG etc arw ran together etc.

The website should just say, this website temporaily not in service, we are currently building an outstanding website that all can enjoy or something similar.


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Re: 900 Gobal website looks terrible
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2007, 05:26:52 PM »
I guess I don't understand the whole reason coming on here bashing a web site for things that your computer is doing.  I understand there is not much on it but I agree with Eric.  I think designing the equipment comes before the website after all that is what makes paychecks.  As far as the writing over problem you are bashing them for I am not having any problems.  Looks fine to me and if you click on the ball that tells you the info on the ball.  Don't know what more you need for information but I am sure someone can tell you if you asked.
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