I know there's been a lot of focus on the cost of the Te Matapihi website, but can we just take a moment to appreciate how well it represents everything I hate about contemporary web design?
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What a scary mess of a site. Oversized, animated graphics everywhere, including that annoying, full-screen, pink blob animation which loads first on new pages. I'd have to disable that if I used the site regularly.
And the functionality is questionable. Because I'm reading David Mitchell at the moment, I did a search for his name. The Te Matapihi site thought about it for too long then produced zero results.
I checked the Dunedin Library site which is simple and just works... 89 results displayed instantly.
As a regular user of library web sites, I'd be disappointed if I had to navigate this mess. The over-cooked graphic approach will never work for me. Give me functionality and simplicity any day.
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And the functionality is questionable. Because I'm reading David Mitchell at the moment, I did a search for his name. The Te Matapihi site thought about it for too long then produced zero results.
I checked the Dunedin Library site which is simple and just works... 89 results displayed instantly.
As a regular user of library web sites, I'd be disappointed if I had to navigate this mess. The over-cooked graphic approach will never work for me. Give me functionality and simplicity any day.
@nprofile1q...
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