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Test drive the new look AMG
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:54 pm
by Bob the Builder
Went on to
http://www.allmusic.com this morning and it looks very different from last night.
Give the new interface a test drive. See that you think?
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:01 pm
by KevinSchaper
I think lazy people who code to one browser suck.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 8:06 pm
by Mr Awesomer
Waiting for
www.allmusic.com... (on a 3mps connection.)
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:15 pm
by funkyfreak
KevinSchaper wrote:I think lazy people who code to one browser suck.
Good god, what are they thinking? It's not like there's anything they used there that COULDN'T be cross compatable... Lazy indeed.
-FF
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:47 am
by Kyle
looks great
too bad you guys are computer geeks who just CANT use IE
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:13 am
by main_stem
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:46 am
by Kyle
oh, I know all about that. not a concern for me at work, my IT department covers that.
but, the site today is so packed with visitors, i keep getting timed out!
i think ill register tomorrow
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:57 am
by main_stem
Wow this site was some of the worst mark up I've seen in a long time. There are over 75 errors in Their CSS (I stop counting there were just too many). It's not valid XHTML. (Sad)
What's really sad is that the design isn't complex, and it would be easy to make this site accecible to all browsers. Hell
VH1 has a more complex and robust site that is acceccible to all browsers.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:22 am
by JesseMiner
The new interface looks great at first glance, but right now the pages are loading like molasses. I'll have to wait until the traffic dies down or they get a faster server running to really check it out. The site was running slowly before this overhaul, and it seems kind of silly to do a major upgrade like this that will only take up more server resources if they aren't going to majorly beef up the server as well, especially allowing for more concurrent database connections.
I agree that it is very frustrating as a Firefox (Mozilla) user to come across a site like this that I use on a regular basis only to find they've decided to not support my browser choice - a choice that is becoming more and more prevalent. This is an uncommon practice among major sites these days, makes them look unprofessional and will only hurt them in the long run.
Jesse
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:40 am
by Mr Awesomer
Kyle wrote:too bad you guys are computer geeks who just CANT use IE
It's not a matter of can't. It's a matter of simply using a better brower... and I'm a non-computer geek who uses Firefox cause it's much more user friendly and efficient. IE is for grandma to check her email and look up recipes.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:20 am
by GemZombie
As someone who's studied html/css and other various standards, and have developed for multiple browsers i have to comment.
IE is a fine browser... however all the issues that have been brought about it are pretty much true. It's design makes it inherintly a security risk.
Any good web designer will know the standards and how to make things work on almost all browsers. It really doesn't take that much work. So boo to allmusic if they've hired a half-wit designer who won't do the research.
As for the look of the new site interface, i have to say it's much better.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:38 pm
by main_stem
GemZombie wrote:As someone who's studied html/css and other various standards, and have developed for multiple browsers i have to comment.
IE is a fine browser... however all the issues that have been brought about it are pretty much true. It's design makes it inherintly a security risk.
Don't make me laugh.
Windows Explorer vs Standards
On a recent project I spent 3 day hacking my CSS to accomodate for all the bugs in IE.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:45 pm
by Kyle
last i heard, 85% of the population used IE
any new stats saying that Firebird is coming up?
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:31 pm
by GemZombie
main_stem wrote:GemZombie wrote:As someone who's studied html/css and other various standards, and have developed for multiple browsers i have to comment.
IE is a fine browser... however all the issues that have been brought about it are pretty much true. It's design makes it inherintly a security risk.
Don't make me laugh.
Windows Explorer vs Standards
On a recent project I spent 3 day hacking my CSS to accomodate for all the bugs in IE.
Then i don't know what you're talking about.. i've done lots of CSS code that works just fine on IE and the rest. It doesn't take excessive work to get them all to be compatible. I'm not saying it obeys all the standards, and some of them are admittedly quite frustrating, but it hasn't been a headache to make things work.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:06 pm
by main_stem
GemZombie wrote:
Then i don't know what you're talking about.. i've done lots of CSS code that works just fine on IE and the rest. It doesn't take excessive work to get them all to be compatible. I'm not saying it obeys all the standards, and some of them are admittedly quite frustrating, but it hasn't been a headache to make things work.
You are one very lucky man then.