the "enter" page
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- benfal990
Personaly I believe in the ''less click is the best for the users'' thing.
A good exemple of that is when we need to click to "open" the menu in a Flash site ... this is the stupidest idea of ergonomy and interface design I never seen ...
Anyway. Many web designer really need a user ergonomy course. Its a often forgotten face of our job these days. Personaly i've get ergonomy courses at school and it really help me.
NEVER FORGET THAT YOU BUILD WEB SITES FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR YOU.
- benfal990
and the users is not a hypie trendy graphic designer .... think about it. many people dont understand our point of view when we create graphical stuff.
And yeah that rule will apply depending on the targeted group of people the project is made for.
That another important notion to learn. When you create something always keep in mind ''who will watch it''.
Iam sure many of you already know that ....
*thinking of writing a book*
;D lolpeace
- CyBrainX0
Your attitude is very Jakob Nielson.
There is a time and place for everything. Just as there are no bad colors, you will need to have a welcome page for various situations. Especially, for first time users that must be registered. Entertainment sites could have various reasons for one.
- enobrev0
I can definitely understand your first time user analogy, and quite frankly, if your site is so utterly complex that it needs to ask some questions before had, then by all means, ask those questions on first visit, set the cookies and never ask them again.
I still agree that it's poorly designed to hold a user back an extra step, but as mentioned above, there are special cases (language, paid content, disclaimer) that it can be ok, but only for logins and cookie setting.
As far as holding them back due to technology (like checking a plugin), that's just silly. The technology should never limit the experience.
- canadian0
if we all ban together...I mean ALL of us and lock out visitors from our site unless a fee of 9.95 a month is paid we would be rich.
except NT of course. They wouldn't be allowed to do it.
- Jnr_Madison0
Seriously tho, who gives a fuck.
- enobrev0
sometimes i do, as a lot of worthless front pages lead to useless popups and fullscreen windows... so i guess it is a good warning to just close the damned site and move on with my day.
- davetufts0
Entry pages are totally different from launch pages or login pages (both of which do something)
Anyone... post a link to a site that uses an "Entry" page (again this is different from a home page that launches a flash pop-up site), and I guarentee that the site gets minimum traffic
- intoxicated0
1) I'm glad someone agrees with me (Canadian) that a small $9.95 to $20 must be paid to access any portfolio site. Just look at 2advanced v4 he he he.
2) Enter pages that have disclaimers (for nudity, alcoholic beverages etc); language, international settings are not a problem, we get that. I think we're talking about splash pages that are usually very abstract in design with an enter button that's hidden are hard to find etc.
3) I agree that the whole setting requirements splash page is a good way to tell your users/potential clients that you have poor webdev skills since you can't write (or find) scripts that check for what you need to run your site, ie. screen width, Flash plugin, browser version etc.etc.etc.
I think my man is right in saying we should look into being better information architects. Hell! 9/10 people don't know shit about the internet.
Also I'd like to draw your attention to the Firstborn Multimedia website (http://www.firstbornmultimedia... this s like their 3rd or 4th portfolio site and they decided on the present website design because and I quote "when we had or last site, our clients couldn't find our portfolio of work" - nuff said.
- benfal990
Look mommy, an ''enter'' page :
http://www.asterikstudio.com