h Ricardo thanks a lot for the thorought report.
Are the galleries dynamic? If they are not you could just cache/hardcode the bar sizes and then load on demand, or just make the bar sizes relative to the number of pictures, not their dimension. >> that's actually something that could be possible, i'll have to test if it >> can be a solution. in fact i only need the first image of each set (the one >> shown on hover), the rest could be loaed on demand. the galleries are dynamic (just wished i could show you the beautiful / ergonomic CMS behind but it's private zone :) ) . but the CMS produces a static output and an xml. The xml is loaded in a noscript tag for non javascript users, and the json is loaded by the rest of us, who have javascript enabled. 5. the right/left arrows are too discrete and look quirky, a simple styled arrow without the vertical bar would be more beautiful and useful >> they were actually designed by the customer, and i personally find them >> quite good looking but it's all amount to taste in the end. and you know, >> it's just arrows. Once you know they are there, you won' spend much time >> admiring their beauty. 7. clicking the category names at the top is a mistery. I guess it adds (underline) or removes (no underline) categories from the barcode, but that is far from intuitive and there is no animation, it just pops a new barcode instantly >> it actually filters the barcode, only showing the images related to the >> keywords underlined. The customer, when encoding an image set, associates >> one or more of the 5 tags. These keywords enable the visitor to select which >> images to actually see. note that the current images are just a dummy >> encoding, so the current associaiton is not relevant, hence your probable >> confusion? thanks a lot again alexandre On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:10 PM, ricardobeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Glad to see you managed to iron the bugs out. > > But as I said before, load time is definitely a huge downside to the > website. Are the galleries dynamic? If they are not you could just > cache/hardcode the bar sizes and then load on demand, or just make the > bar sizes relative to the number of pictures, not their dimension. > Took about 30 seconds to load here too (4mbps) but that is way too > much waiting to expect from regular users. > > Some points on the interface: > > 1. It's not clear at first sight that the bars contain pictures, > specially if you hover the ones that display a solid white/grey/black > background > 2. some bars are just too thin, that makes navigation clumsy > 3. hover animations could be more responsive, it takes some time to > start fading the image in, and the expanding animation is too slow, > gets annoying very soon > 4. there is no indication that the bars on the bottom are an > alternative set navigation, at first it looks like it's relative only > to pictures in that set. some coloring in the main 'barcode' and > repeated on this one could help make the connection clearer. > 5. the right/left arrows are too discrete and look quirky, a simple > styled arrow without the vertical bar would be more beautiful and > useful > 6. after entering a set, there is no apparent way back to the home > page/barcode > 7. clicking the category names at the top is a mistery. I guess it > adds (underline) or removes (no underline) categories from the > barcode, but that is far from intuitive and there is no animation, it > just pops a new barcode instantly > > I know this sounds like 'destroying' the original idea of an > innovative interface, but you have to make some concessions, I've been > through that too. It's not like a game where people enjoy discovering > their way through, in this case it's a stone in their path. Great > designs for the web are the ones that innovate but still have a > natural feel to it, there is no guessing or confusion for the end- > user. I'm sure you can figure it out and get this site closer to > perfection :) > > cheers, > - ricardo > > On Oct 24, 7:05 pm, pixeline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi mates, >> >> May i ask you guys to have a look at my latest project,a bit on the >> experimental side in terms of UI : a barcode image gallery for a >> spanish photographer: http://www.pixeline.be/test/lisapram/ >> >> Let me know of any bugs you find? >> >> AFAIK everything should run smooth (except for the long loading time). >> >> Please indicate your OS platform, browser and hardware specs. >> >> The initial load time is quite long so stick around please... >> >> Looking forward to your feedback! >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> Alexandre
