eCommerce (never started a sentence with the word before - should it have two capitals!!???) sites are extremely difficult to design in a new and creative way every time. The constraints of content management for the catalog mean that they tend to follow a familiar route of having a product and it's details within a box. No bad thing as users don't like surprises and this can make them less likely to part with their hard-earned.
However I thought I'd show you a couple that I've come across recently that have creatively displayed multiple products within a catalog without regard to this convention. Unfortunately they are not likely to be accessible so would actually be illegal if the government ever got round to enforcing it’s own laws. But they are fun and inspiring none the less…..
http://www.etsy.com/time_machine.php
https://www.cicatriz.se/
Have you seen any better examples?????
I’d love to see them.
Take care, Gary.
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Thursday, 11 October 2007
Web design of the future..
Sorry it's been a while since my last post. A great holiday to Gran canaria was followed by two weeks at work with my head dissapearing somewhere!
I gained a fascinating insight into the future of web design last night. My 8 year old son has been telling me all week about his great new discovery - club penguin.
It's a social networking site for young people - the idea is that you make a character, a penguin, that you can explore the club penguin world with, interacting with other penguins as well as games, fun and educational activities.
I told someone about this who has a 2 year old daughter and they were horified that I was encouraging him to spend time on there .... a clear differentiator between a web native and a web immigrant???
Well, I would have thought so - but I'm 38 and an immigrant and she's 28 and much nearer to being a native. Oh, by the way, the term web native is someone that has known the internet at school and used it as part of their daily lives since early adulthood. Obviously web immigrant is someone that hasn't. The current cross over point is 20 - 23 years old.
It seems not. It seems that it may have been more to do with a security issue. Personally I think that the time to educate someone that the internet and web persona's are real people and a manifestation of their imagination, and to be aware of the risks whilst still enjoying the experience can't happen young enough.
And I'm delighted that my son, who isn't particularly academic, or motivated towards reading or writing for fun has found an activity that will help his keyboard, spelling, typing, reading, and social interaction skills!
Viva penguins!!!
Take care. Gary.
I gained a fascinating insight into the future of web design last night. My 8 year old son has been telling me all week about his great new discovery - club penguin.
It's a social networking site for young people - the idea is that you make a character, a penguin, that you can explore the club penguin world with, interacting with other penguins as well as games, fun and educational activities.
I told someone about this who has a 2 year old daughter and they were horified that I was encouraging him to spend time on there .... a clear differentiator between a web native and a web immigrant???
Well, I would have thought so - but I'm 38 and an immigrant and she's 28 and much nearer to being a native. Oh, by the way, the term web native is someone that has known the internet at school and used it as part of their daily lives since early adulthood. Obviously web immigrant is someone that hasn't. The current cross over point is 20 - 23 years old.
It seems not. It seems that it may have been more to do with a security issue. Personally I think that the time to educate someone that the internet and web persona's are real people and a manifestation of their imagination, and to be aware of the risks whilst still enjoying the experience can't happen young enough.
And I'm delighted that my son, who isn't particularly academic, or motivated towards reading or writing for fun has found an activity that will help his keyboard, spelling, typing, reading, and social interaction skills!
Viva penguins!!!
Take care. Gary.
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