Comments on: First Baptist Church of Frederick, Last in Usability http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability Teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteous web design. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Beth Nicol http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-1436 Beth Nicol Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:34:37 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability#comment-1436 OK -I'm a techie, but also a Mac user (Safari to boot); I can't see the first animation, nor the quicktime movie, but the site will come up if I click on that HTML link. A lot of work just to get in, I'd say. And, if I weren't bull headed, I'd never have seen anything at all. To put it in theological, liturgical terms: there are times when a bit of ritual is a GOOD THING. To know where you are, who you are, and how to get started.... OK -I’m a techie, but also a Mac user (Safari to boot); I can’t see the first animation, nor the quicktime movie, but the site will come up if I click on that HTML link.

A lot of work just to get in, I’d say. And, if I weren’t bull headed, I’d never have seen anything at all.

To put it in theological, liturgical terms: there are times when a bit of ritual is a GOOD THING. To know where you are, who you are, and how to get started….

]]> By: aisquith.org http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-1435 aisquith.org Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:08:17 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability#comment-1435 Oh my - you've really done it this time, Peters. I just went to their site - and it's not there. Rich Oh my – you’ve really done it this time, Peters. I just went to their site – and it’s not there.

Rich

]]> By: Frank Ramage http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability/comment-page-1/#comment-1434 Frank Ramage Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:02:40 +0000 http://healyourchurchwebsite.com/2003/12/22/first-baptist-church-of-frederick-last-in-usability#comment-1434 I feel like I should recuse myself from this one... This is just a drive-by blade sharpening... . First impression is that you've got to be technically literate to be permitted to view the site... . What would my mom & dad do if they got to a welcome page that rather than warmly welcoming them, asked them to download tools? (And set their screen resolution to 1024x768!!! ... 1024x768!!! ) . This is okay if you realize that your target audience is reasonably tech-literate, willing to go through registration and download processes, and has hardware that'll run at a higher than typical resolution. All this before even getting a how-do-ya-do! . I had to search/think about what to click to actually get in! I guess it's the link in the middle that says "Click here to view the First Baptist Church HTML site" What other site is there? (And do mom & pop know what an "HTML" site is?) . My pop-up blocker nuked the VBS pictures link... I should make sure I don't fall into that potential trap if possible... . Testimonial links broken? . Staff pictures out on the main bio page would look nice... Bio pages may me missing TITLE tags. . Good job getting your site up... you've got a place to point people you meet (e.g., last nite I was talking with a waiter at Red Robyn in Columbia... left a church card with a note and pointed to the website address and wrote something like "Check us out!"). Make sure your website address is on EVERYTHING! . I hope you'll not be discouraged by the critiques... PLEASE! We're in this together! . -Frank I feel like I should recuse myself from this one… This is just a drive-by blade sharpening…
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First impression is that you’ve got to be technically literate to be permitted to view the site…
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What would my mom & dad do if they got to a welcome page that rather than warmly welcoming them, asked them to download tools? (And set their screen resolution to 1024×768!!! … 1024×768!!! )
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This is okay if you realize that your target audience is reasonably tech-literate, willing to go through registration and download processes, and has hardware that’ll run at a higher than typical resolution. All this before even getting a how-do-ya-do!
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I had to search/think about what to click to actually get in! I guess it’s the link in the middle that says “Click here to view the First Baptist Church HTML site” What other site is there? (And do mom & pop know what an “HTML” site is?)
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My pop-up blocker nuked the VBS pictures link… I should make sure I don’t fall into that potential trap if possible…
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Testimonial links broken?
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Staff pictures out on the main bio page would look nice… Bio pages may me missing TITLE tags.
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Good job getting your site up… you’ve got a place to point people you meet (e.g., last nite I was talking with a waiter at Red Robyn in Columbia… left a church card with a note and pointed to the website address and wrote something like “Check us out!”). Make sure your website address is on EVERYTHING!
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I hope you’ll not be discouraged by the critiques… PLEASE! We’re in this together!
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-Frank

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