So, I'm checking out what's going to be playing at theaters this weekend, and all the Fandango website showed were just titles without any synopsis, which is hardly helpful, because who would select a movie on its title alone?
But one of the five movies was called Prisoners, and it alone included a trailer, I could see by the thumbnail that it might have Hugh Jackman in it, so I clicked on it. But then Fandango wanted to know my zip code. No biggy. I gave them my zip code. Then I get this message saying that it's not playing near me (yeah, OK, I live out in the woods), and they want me to enter a different zip code.
WTF?! I gave them my zip code like they asked, but they won't show me the trailer unless I enter a different zipcode? I don't know the zip code where the movie theater is. That's in a different county 40 miles from here. I just want to see the fucking trailer so I can see what the movie is about.
Who designs these websites? I applaud their technical skills, but can't Fandango hire a techy that can think beyond the necessary web language and design a site that makes coherent sense or serves a purpose for the end user?
It's like click ESCAPE. Do you want to Escape from this page? Click YES. Are you sure you want to escape? Click ABSOLUTELY ESCAPE. Sometimes you hit the escape button and they still won't let you escape. You have to turn off the browser and reconnect to the net. Is it part of the geek persona to be annoying? Yeah, OK, you can design a web page. Good for you. Now learn something about how to run a fucking business. :-D
Quotebecause who would select a movie on its title alone?
I wasn't aware the average hollywood movie needed more than a title :P
But yeah, sounds like website design failure.
The Internet Movie Database (//http://www.imdb.com/)
There you go.
Quote from: "SGOS"Who designs these websites? I applaud their technical skills, but can't Fandango hire a techy that can think beyond the necessary web language and design a site that makes coherent sense or serves a purpose for the end user?
That reminds me. I heard you watched a YouTube video recently.
Do you want to use your real name?
DO THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN WHAT? HUH?!
ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR REAL NAME?!
SAY NO AGAIN, I DARE YOU.
I'LL BE BACK. AND NEXT TIME, YOU'RE GONNA SAY YES.
This reminds me of News that leave out the gist of the story with a sensational title. :evil: Solitary
Quote from: "SGOS"WTF?! I gave them my zip code like they asked, but they won't show me the trailer unless I enter a different zipcode? I don't know the zip code where the movie theater is. That's in a different county 40 miles from here. I just want to see the fucking trailer so I can see what the movie is about.
Who designs these websites?
Sounds like one of these kids you see on webmaster sites who can't understand why, after TWO WHOLE WEEKS of designing websites, he can't get some function or other to work.
Maybe if the site showed you the trailer, but with a little notice down at the bottom saying something like "There's no theater within 25 miles of 12345 showing this movie", it would be better. I mean, I don't know if zipcode 12345 is way out in the sticks, and you have to travel 50 miles for a glass of water, or if you're in the middle of a huge metropolis and want to see a movie within walking distance (at one of the 12 theaters in your neighborhood). Leave that up to the user, not the designer.
Everyone's a web designer these days. Not everyone who designs websites is a competent software engineer.
I hate any website that is not user-friendly, where it's hard to find what you're looking for. Sometimes the search feature doesn't work right, or the page looks too busy with ads, graphics, background images, and/or silly, mismatched fonts. Other times, you have to click on page after page to get to the thing you want. Too many people design pages that they think look pretty while ignoring the fact that customers just want to find the shit they need, buy it, and move on.
Quote from: "ApostateLois"I hate any website that is not user-friendly, where it's hard to find what you're looking for. Sometimes the search feature doesn't work right, or the page looks too busy with ads, graphics, background images, and/or silly, mismatched fonts. Other times, you have to click on page after page to get to the thing you want. Too many people design pages that they think look pretty while ignoring the fact that customers just want to find the shit they need, buy it, and move on.
Relevant: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/restaurant_website (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/restaurant_website)
Quote from: "ApostateLois"I hate any website that is not user-friendly, where it's hard to find what you're looking for. Sometimes the search feature doesn't work right, or the page looks too busy with ads, graphics, background images, and/or silly, mismatched fonts. Other times, you have to click on page after page to get to the thing you want. Too many people design pages that they think look pretty while ignoring the fact that customers just want to find the shit they need, buy it, and move on.
I think maybe the designers get caught up in making the site do too much stuff, like putting in lots of links thinking that if you don't have lots of buttons to click on, the site won't be as appealing. But from the consumer point of view, getting the necessary information takes precedent over being impressed by a site that is filled with "magical" wonders. And if they don't work, which on occasion they don't, that's just bad for business. I just want to buy the soap, not be impressed by the site.