Brian, you nailed it. I think they coded it in the “Molasses” framework. Can’t even comment on the design, as it wasn’t finished loading when I my attention span tapped out.
Ugh, I know. I wrote a lengthy post of my own about this (there’s a few hours of my life I’ll never get back).
One of the things I discovered is that the initial fat wad of JavaScript you have to download is just the tip of the iceberg; the scripts then download even more stuff. Grand total: 996 KB and almost a minute and a half over a cable modem. And don’t even get me started on the layout. Bleh.
Hopefully ABC will listen to the negative feedback and atone for this user-hostile design crime.
001 // Ryan Berg // 05.07.2007 // 2:56 PM
Holy unnecessarily awkward scrolling content boxes, Batman!
002 // Brian Ford // 05.07.2007 // 3:35 PM
Several more words:
Takes. Too. Long. To. Load. So. I. Gave. Up. And. Moved. On.
003 // Baxter // 05.07.2007 // 3:44 PM
Brian, you nailed it. I think they coded it in the “Molasses” framework. Can’t even comment on the design, as it wasn’t finished loading when I my attention span tapped out.
004 // Steven Jarvis // 05.07.2007 // 3:49 PM
One word: Cramped. I think I literally ducked my head when clicking in those little scrolling content boxes. My wife’s one word: Ewwww.
005 // Kyle // 05.07.2007 // 4:35 PM
Agree with everything said.
My one word would be:
Unfriendly.
006 // Kyle // 05.07.2007 // 4:35 PM
Agree with everything said.
My one word would be:
Unfriendly.
007 // Oliver // 05.07.2007 // 5:09 PM
Totally agree — serious yuck! Those scrolling content boxes are foul, and how many typefaces do you want on a page!?!
Seriously, Jeff — LJWorld whoops this… 10x over.
008 // Nathan Borror // 05.07.2007 // 5:36 PM
You stole my words :)
009 // Bret // 05.07.2007 // 6:33 PM
This is much better: http://abcnews.go.com/altindex
010 // Jeff Croft // 05.07.2007 // 6:39 PM
@Nathan: No, I appropriated them. :)
@Bret: That’s more usable and a bit more comfortable, but it’s not engaging or interesting at all, either.
011 // Adam Messinger // 05.09.2007 // 2:30 PM
Ugh, I know. I wrote a lengthy post of my own about this (there’s a few hours of my life I’ll never get back).
One of the things I discovered is that the initial fat wad of JavaScript you have to download is just the tip of the iceberg; the scripts then download even more stuff. Grand total: 996 KB and almost a minute and a half over a cable modem. And don’t even get me started on the layout. Bleh.
Hopefully ABC will listen to the negative feedback and atone for this user-hostile design crime.
012 // Tyson Tate // 05.09.2007 // 2:51 PM
1996 called. They want their layout back.
013 // Michael Hessling // 05.10.2007 // 11:44 AM
At least, you can’t accuse them of copying Yahoo.
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