Cool or not cool? If not, what is cooler and why?

What on earth are they using in this ASP.NET home webpage?

Wow... That is one nice webpage!

GoddersUK wrote:

Wow... That is one nice webpage!

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Definately cool. That is what we should see more of... maybe something like that on the home page, but each of the lines represents Techoff, The Coffeehouse...

Ooh, I like that...

It is just Adobe Flash. 

It looks interesting, but usability is terrible. Compare this to a plain list of links which

• doesn't rearrange the links when you approach them with the mouse cursor
• displays a textual description without having to hover over them

And let's not even begin to speak of accessibility or SEO.

I submitted a comment earlier but hit a forum error.

I was saying how its just flash, but its a nice effect, but I really see it being much better as an ambience effect, I hate the menu interaction on it, it ruins it and I hate how it stops suddently on these menu items, it's as if someone had a good idea for it and it was super seeded by someone telling them to add the menu in to it etc..

Am I the only one who hates the website design and the orange background

Too modal.

Wells wrote:

Too modal.

Would you care to be more specific?

mawcc wrote:



It looks interesting, but usability is terrible. Compare this to a plain list of links which

• doesn't rearrange the links when you approach them with the mouse cursor
• displays a textual description without having to hover over them

And let's not even begin to speak of accessibility or SEO.

Is this not the "next big thing" with web platforms like that offer more 'immersive' experiences? Usability is an important aspect but is mostly implemented by business and public service type sites. Sad but true.

anand.t wrote:

Am I the only one who hates the website design and the orange background

What precisely do you hate about the design notwithstanding the colour?