OT (a bit): Relaunch of website -- man or women?

[admin]

Should be better now. Please check...

Yup, no seal splattered over text now...thanks!

And the purchase page looks alright too? You get a hover-effect over the "get it now" buttons?

[j_c_hallgren]

Should be better now. Please check...

Yup, no seal splattered over text now...thanks!

And the purchase page looks alright too? You get a hover-effect over the "get it now" buttons?

Yes, that page looks good as well...the buttons sorta flicker once as you move over them...guess that's what you mean?

[admin]

Should be better now. Please check...

Yup, no seal splattered over text now...thanks!

And the purchase page looks alright too? You get a hover-effect over the "get it now" buttons?

Yes, that page looks good as well...the buttons sorta flicker once as you move over them...guess that's what you mean?

sorta flicker... hmmm... that does not sound very sexy, but I guess that's your old W2K/IE6 laptop...

[zer0]

Yep, she's very likable IMO. She's there to represent the notion of flexibility, and I think she does a good job.

I respectfully disagree. She portrays neither a typical XY user nor an environment in which it can be used. I can't possibly identify with her (no innuendo! ).

[admin]

Yep, she's very likable IMO. She's there to represent the notion of flexibility, and I think she does a good job.

I respectfully disagree. She portrays neither a typical XY user nor an environment in which it can be used. I can't possibly identify with her (no innuendo! ).

100% predictable reaction but no valid point against the design IMO. Tip: it's not about identification. (But I don't want to discuss this any further.)

[TheQwerty]

sorta flicker... hmmm... that does not sound very sexy, but I guess that's your old W2K/IE6 laptop...

The placement is good and the hover looks fine on XP/IE6 except for a mysterious horizontal line that appears on the right:

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Also, the other images I noted look better.

I don't think I'm going to find the time to really dig through all of the links within the pages, so if there's something in particular you want checked just let me know.

No time for a complete redesign for an outdated browser.

I agree it's hardly worth worrying about, but I also don't know what your visitor stats look like, or for that matter the number of corporate inquires/customers you have/want (though I bet for want you'd like all ). The above "issues" were nothing more than polish anyhow.

[admin]

The mysterious horizontal line should be gone now.

[TheQwerty]

The mysterious horizontal line should be gone now.

Confirmed

[admin]

FYI, I checked my visitor stats: 27,53 % of the visiting browsers are IE, and 11% of IE browsers are IE6. Not much but more than I would have thought.

[TheQwerty]

FYI, I checked my visitor stats: 27,53 % of the visiting browsers are IE, and 11% of IE browsers are IE6. Not much but more than I would have thought.

Well IE use is quite a bit lower than what StatCounter reports for global use (49.56%), but your IE6 stats are slightly more than theirs: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_vers ... 810-201010

If your stats include yesterday then you surely got a number of IE6 hits that I normally wouldn't have given you.

[tomuser]

is this "lovely lady" in front page using Mac?

[admin]

is this "lovely lady" in front page using Mac?

Yep, but: http://www.zdnet.com/news/windows-7-wor ... pro/337007

[RalphM]

...only you can't see she's running W7 on that Mac and it's probably not the main reason for anyone buying a Mac to run it on there...

[admin]

...only you can't see she's running W7 on that Mac and it's probably not the main reason for anyone buying a Mac to run it on there...

Yes, but she's different. After all she wants XY so she simply has to run W7 on here little Macbook. It's a bit difficult to see but I can assure that this is XY that's showing on her screen on the non-first pages of the homepage. And, of course, it's also very obvious from the fascinated way she looks at the screen that it's XY that is looking back to her.

[zer0]

...only you can't see she's running W7 on that Mac and it's probably not the main reason for anyone buying a Mac to run it on there...

Yes, but she's different. After all she wants XY so she simply has to run W7 on here little Macbook. It's a bit difficult to see but I can assure that this is XY that's showing on her screen on the non-first pages of the homepage. And, of course, it's also very obvious from the fascinated way she looks at the screen that it's XY that is looking back to her.

Since you've decided to dabble a toe in this pool again, I'd chip in as well as the image continues to bother me.

Saying "she simply has to run W7" is boiling it down a lot. First of all, it isn't even true. Boot Camp supports XP onwards, so W7 isn't a mandatory requirement.

Second of all, there is no coherency in the images. In the banner, you're showing a person using a MacBook, but on a couple of other pages directly below it are Windows badges. No matter how hard you try, you won't succeed in portraying that a typical XY use-case scenario consists of running it on Apple hardware/software. I had to squint very hard to see what looks like a list in thumbnail mode (is that even right?). What's next, showing an iPhone with a Remote Desktop app (such as TeamViewer) accessing a Windows box and doing file management? Is running it on a MacBook supposed to make it look "cool" and hip? IMO, it succeeds at neither.

By having a banner showing a person using XYplorer, you're no longer selling just a product, you're also selling an image. None of the environment, the hardware or the body language of the model convey an appearance of a professional, business-like situation where features of XYplorer shine. Perhaps you're trying to tap into the amateur, home user market in which people wouldn't normally pay for an Explorer-substitute. Perhaps. I'm just glad I spend more time on the forums rather than home page