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I don't see anything inherently wrong with Flash (tho it is often used
badly). yes, that was my point... Perhaps you should consider a more useful browser? ok, i'll bite...such as? -- jmed |
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I think Jason's point is valid. Many of the snowboard eqpt
manufacturer's websites are poorly designed. They look like they were designed by a kid that thinks spiffy graphics or flash are more important than having things organized and easy to find. Even with a cable modem, I find that often it takes quite a while to have these things load and then a lot of times when you try to backup, something goes wrong. Besides that, my other complaint is that frequently products are described with words like awesome, rocks, cool, or even obscenities, instead of words that could convey useful descriptive information to help with product selection. And sometimes the products are only organized by the manufacturer's product line names, which, if you don't know what segment they are oriented to, are meaningless. I think a lot of these problems would be avoided if they had some outsiders who are not familiar with the company's products review the website. the website |
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I think Jason's point is valid. Many of the snowboard eqpt
manufacturer's websites are poorly designed. They look like they were designed by a kid that thinks spiffy graphics or flash are more important than having things organized and easy to find. Even with a cable modem, I find that often it takes quite a while to have these things load and then a lot of times when you try to backup, something goes wrong. Besides that, my other complaint is that frequently products are described with words like awesome, rocks, cool, or even obscenities, instead of words that could convey useful descriptive information to help with product selection. And sometimes the products are only organized by the manufacturer's product line names, which, if you don't know what segment they are oriented to, are meaningless. I think a lot of these problems would be avoided if they had some outsiders who are not familiar with the company's products review the website. the website |
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:29:55 -0700, "Jason Medeiros"
wrote: I don't see anything inherently wrong with Flash (tho it is often used badly). yes, that was my point... Well, there's a big difference between a technology being inherently bad, and being used badly. Perhaps you should consider a more useful browser? ok, i'll bite...such as? Oh, you know. That very common one :-) -- Champ |
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Perhaps you should consider a more useful browser?
ok, i'll bite...such as? Oh, you know. That very common one :-) -- Champ riiiiiiiight. there is no bigger POS browser out there. when i used it exclusively, it would crash daily. i switched to mozilla and had no crashes. now, w firefox, i am somewhere in the middle. firefox is not quite as stable nor is it as quick as the orig mozilla. -- jmed |
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"Drug Buddy" wrote Besides that, my other complaint is that frequently products are described with words like awesome, rocks, cool, or even obscenities, instead of words that could convey useful descriptive information to help with product selection. And sometimes the products are only organized by the manufacturer's product line names, which, if you don't know what segment they are oriented to, are meaningless. I think that's worth repeating. Not really. Don't assume people who made those sites are stupid. They're probably not. You're basically complaining that most people who buy sports equipment don't know squat about it and are lured in by flashy web site and statements that products are "cool". You can either vote with your dollar and get equipment from people who are not going after this crowd, or ignore the BS and try those products for yourself and make your own conclusions (and/or listen to what experienced pepole say). |
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Drug Buddy wrote:
I think that's worth repeating. you can say that again ;-) bri -- * enjoying the karma * remove LKJSDFJSD from address to email |
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:32:01 -0700, "Jason Medeiros"
wrote: Perhaps you should consider a more useful browser? ok, i'll bite...such as? Oh, you know. That very common one :-) -- Champ riiiiiiiight. there is no bigger POS browser out there. when i used it exclusively, it would crash daily. i switched to mozilla and had no crashes. now, w firefox, i am somewhere in the middle. firefox is not quite as stable nor is it as quick as the orig mozilla. Well, I really don't have the appetite for a MS vs the world usenet argument, and I doubt you have either. But I use IE all day every day, and I can't remember the last time it crashed. Still, your mileage varies, so lets leave it there. -- Champ |
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:09:52 GMT, "Dmitry"
wrote: "Drug Buddy" wrote Besides that, my other complaint is that frequently products are described with words like awesome, rocks, cool, or even obscenities, instead of words that could convey useful descriptive information to help with product selection. And sometimes the products are only organized by the manufacturer's product line names, which, if you don't know what segment they are oriented to, are meaningless. I think that's worth repeating. Not really. Don't assume people who made those sites are stupid. They're probably not. You're basically complaining that most people who buy sports equipment don't know squat about it and are lured in by flashy web site and statements that products are "cool". Exactly. The buying demographic for snowboards is still very young. I'd be very suprised if their marketing (and a web site *is* marketing) appealed to someone like me. -- Champ |
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