Comments on: Black Diamond Total Website Redesign! http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/ Backcountry Skiing Snowboard Telemark Snowsports Information News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:31:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-16593 Lou Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:58:01 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1924#comment-16593 Mike, what browser? I just looked at it with IE and saw mouseover action... When I was browsing with Firefox, I didn't get any on the nav menus with the really big text... Or perhaps they fixed it over the last few hours. No time here to got back and look at the moment... From what it looks like in IE, the designers do indeed see the necessity of mouseover/rollover, so good, if it doesn't work in Firefox I'm sure they can easily fix it. Mike, what browser? I just looked at it with IE and saw mouseover action… When I was browsing with Firefox, I didn’t get any on the nav menus with the really big text… Or perhaps they fixed it over the last few hours. No time here to got back and look at the moment… From what it looks like in IE, the designers do indeed see the necessity of mouseover/rollover, so good, if it doesn’t work in Firefox I’m sure they can easily fix it.

]]> By: Mike http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-16592 Mike Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:18:37 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1924#comment-16592 Lou, there must be something wrong with your setup. On the main nav, the black links turn blue when you mouseover. Lou, there must be something wrong with your setup. On the main nav, the black links turn blue when you mouseover.

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-16591 Lou Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:30:44 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1924#comment-16591 Dave, thanks for the comment from a pro. That Yeti site really is something. I noticed one thing I thought bogus, the nav links don't have a mouseover effect (at least they don't on my rig). With big links like that the mouse cursor gets lost unless your vision is 20/20, so having a mouseover effect really aids in usability. Of course, what's usefulness compared to cool design (grin)? Dave, thanks for the comment from a pro. That Yeti site really is something. I noticed one thing I thought bogus, the nav links don’t have a mouseover effect (at least they don’t on my rig). With big links like that the mouse cursor gets lost unless your vision is 20/20, so having a mouseover effect really aids in usability. Of course, what’s usefulness compared to cool design (grin)?

]]> By: Lou http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-16590 Lou Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:26:40 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1924#comment-16590 Robin B, perhaps BD is depending on us bloggers to get the details out? I kinda hope so (grin). Robin B, perhaps BD is depending on us bloggers to get the details out? I kinda hope so (grin).

]]> By: dave downing http://www.wildsnow.com/1924/black-diamondwebsite-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-16586 dave downing Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:36 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=1924#comment-16586 First thing you never do, force sound on the user! The carabiner movie is pretty inline with a lot of current design, but I say stick with the hi-quality, full screen still image instead of the pixelated, incredibly short looping video. get's old, and the images are not pretty. Take the above ideas, refine the text on the home page nav a bit and the site has a lot of potential. What really killed me though was that after clicking the "skiing" link and getting the little nav box, which then smoothly dropped off the screen after making another click, i went to a page that was just a standard, boring template. Then going back to the home page reloads the video and sound. no no no. May as well just skip the home page and go straight to the insides. Regarding BJ's comment about the outdoor industry, i think that's pretty off. A lot of outdoor companies stay on the cutting edge (especially on design) b/c they know they won't lose customers on "scary" design. It's the product that counts, so they don't seem to be as conservative. This is how BD's site could have been (not continued use of large photos)... http://www.yeticycles.com another nice site: http://www.orage.com Anyway, i think BD should keep pushing their ideas and morph the site from where it is to something truely great. cheers. First thing you never do, force sound on the user!

The carabiner movie is pretty inline with a lot of current design, but I say stick with the hi-quality, full screen still image instead of the pixelated, incredibly short looping video. get’s old, and the images are not pretty.

Take the above ideas, refine the text on the home page nav a bit and the site has a lot of potential.

What really killed me though was that after clicking the “skiing” link and getting the little nav box, which then smoothly dropped off the screen after making another click, i went to a page that was just a standard, boring template. Then going back to the home page reloads the video and sound. no no no. May as well just skip the home page and go straight to the insides.

Regarding BJ’s comment about the outdoor industry, i think that’s pretty off. A lot of outdoor companies stay on the cutting edge (especially on design) b/c they know they won’t lose customers on “scary” design. It’s the product that counts, so they don’t seem to be as conservative.

This is how BD’s site could have been (not continued use of large photos)… http://www.yeticycles.com

another nice site: http://www.orage.com

Anyway, i think BD should keep pushing their ideas and morph the site from where it is to something truely great.

cheers.

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