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charlest

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Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« on: December 15, 2008, 10:37:25 AM »
I also thought it was sluggish and poorly designed.

Why is the ball description separate from the core and coverstock specifications? That's not a lot of verbiage. Should be on the same page as it was before.

--> "Flash is not cash!"
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2008, 09:08:42 PM »
I noticed that as well charlest.  Why?  Maybe the post was getting too much attention? Either way, I disagree with you on the Storm site when it comes to design.  I think it is far and away above all other bowling sites and most sites in general for that matter.
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2008, 09:33:23 PM »
The videos are very choppy bogging down my resources.
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 06:58:23 AM »
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008, 07:01:35 AM »
Personally, I do not like the hi-res, broad design. But at least you get to the balls directly, and there is no automatic re-direction to the int. section if the server notices your origin...
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2008, 07:33:31 AM »
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I also thought it was sluggish and poorly designed.

Why is the ball description separate from the core and coverstock specifications? That's not a lot of verbiage. Should be on the same page as it was before.

--> "Flash is not cash!"
--> Glitz is the pits.
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Edited on 12/15/2008 8:44 PM


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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2008, 10:44:34 AM »
I think the website is very nice. Clean and Easy to navigate. Very nice use of the Flash plugins and Adobe effects from a design aspect. I can see where some of the hgh end features might bog down some older systems or slower bandwidth though. Unfortunatley these are things that you have to deal with when designing a new technologically advanced site.
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2008, 10:56:03 AM »
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charlest

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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2008, 11:14:36 AM »
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I think the website is very nice. Clean and Easy to navigate. Very nice use of the Flash plugins and Adobe effects from a design aspect. I can see where some of the hgh end features might bog down some older systems or slower bandwidth though. Unfortunatley these are things that you have to deal with when designing a new technologically advanced site.
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The appearance seems fine. Loading now seems to take much longer. My machine is fairly fast and I have a high speed internet connection. So that is not the cause.

Problem is you cannot design a web site to be used only on the fastest and latest technology, IF you want many people to come to use it. You have to design for the median user and let those with the lastest and greatest reap their own rewards. This is especially true with a manufacturers' website where they want to be seen and to be accessible to many people across a broad spectrum. This is all part of usability and interface design.

Basically, your business web site cannot be a playground for the web designer.

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mrbowlingnut

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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2008, 11:37:46 AM »
I find it to slow and clunky using a DSL setup and fast computer, video's are not able to be paused and let load up like on youtube.
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2008, 01:05:35 PM »
I want some revolutionary developer to take a hint from google and Windows 2000 and go backwards when speed was awesome and gui, flash, java, graphics, and all the other BS to entertain the average moron didn't exist.  My wish is that there is a smart programmer somewhere today in class with a plan to revolutionize the internet, operating systems, and programs as a whole!

Any website that is geared towards customers should be designed to work well on 56K.  If it can't run on 56K, then fix it.  I am using the Pittsburgh Supercomputer backbone here at work with a very fast internet connection and so many sites run like s***!
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2008, 01:23:05 PM »
The videos are painful to watch now.  They say a word & pause for more uploading, say another, stop, wait, 2 more words..... on & on..... If it ain't broke, why fix it?  The rest of the site is ok.  Shirts are waaaaaayyy too expensive.  Sorry Storm, no offense.  I love my Storm arsenal though...
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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2008, 01:28:54 PM »
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The videos are painful to watch now.  They say a word & pause for more uploading, say another, stop, wait, 2 more words..... on & on..... If it ain't broke, why fix it?  The rest of the site is ok.  Shirts are waaaaaayyy too expensive.  Sorry Storm, no offense.  I love my Storm arsenal though...
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Same here.  Vertigo and Recharge are like 2Pac and Biggy - deadly combination!
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Dan Belcher

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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2008, 01:30:59 PM »
Just FYI, I tried to download one single file outside of the clunky Flash interface, the ~6 MB 2008 ball catalog, and the download speed was roughly 12kb/sec.  That's just horrendously slow for file downloading speeds.
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charlest

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Re: Why was the post, NEW STORM SITE!!!!, locked?
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2008, 02:23:36 PM »
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Just FYI, I tried to download one single file outside of the clunky Flash interface, the ~6 MB 2008 ball catalog, and the download speed was roughly 12kb/sec.  That's just horrendously slow for file downloading speeds.


Makes me wonder if their server(s) wasn't(weren't) upgraded at the same time. if the server can't handle the volume of users and the download speed that videos require, then it will bog down, as several people have noted.

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