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bender · 31-10-2006, 05:06

A brilliant site, once again. What can I say?

www.mtv.com

Mr Fred · 31-10-2006, 05:12

well for starters i wouldn't say brilliant - its too crowded / black.
useless for uk market as you cant play videos.

Alexanda · 31-10-2006, 05:17

dont bother

cam · 31-10-2006, 06:54

horrible.

Mr Fred · 31-10-2006, 07:36

what we need is a really good music site focused on uk market with a brilliant design.

cam · 31-10-2006, 07:37

haha.

dorian · 31-10-2006, 09:18

back to 2001

bender · 31-10-2006, 10:38

Interesting. Is it somehow different when you view the site in the UK?
I'm especially intrigued by the 2001 comment. Care to ellaborate?

stylin328 · 31-10-2006, 16:06

its actually just the overdrive design. they just took the overdrive design and put it to everypage now, I like it, whatever

dorian · 31-10-2006, 17:59

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I'm especially intrigued by the 2001 comment

I was not comparing it to anything particular. Style wise it kinda looks dated... it's that pseudo-slick interface.... seem to remember it was in fashion back then.
The only thing (imo) that has a "contemporary" look is the huge search field. (which I like btw)

bender · 01-11-2006, 03:28

I happen to quite like the fact that it's very web 3.0.
Especially the video mode.
Gigantic streaming video is the backbone there. It couldn't have been done well just a few years back. These days people have 8-24mb connections so it's possible.
And the fact that it feels like a computer program. Not a website.
And the form is just ingenious, I had been struggling with getting a 300x250 ad block fitted on each page on a site I'm working on. Problem solved.
It's ingenious in many simple ways. I certainly can't fault them for managing to fit all that content into a single 1024x768 screen; everything is above the fold. No scrolling, ever.

cam · 01-11-2006, 04:16

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Originally Posted by bender

I happen to quite like the fact that it's very web 3.0.

Oh do fuck off.

Mr Fred · 01-11-2006, 04:23

haha,

bender - did you have a hand in its production?

lukasarts · 01-11-2006, 04:49

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I happen to quite like the fact that it's very web 3.0.

People have enough trouble with what 2.0 is. One pointless buzzword at a time please.

Stickman · 01-11-2006, 06:48

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Originally Posted by bender

I certainly can't fault them for managing to fit all that content into a single 1024x768 screen; everything is above the fold. No scrolling, ever.

Unless you use the scrollbar on the right.
Why's fitting it into a fixed box a good thing anyway? That's why it looks crowded.

bender · 01-11-2006, 08:27

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Originally Posted by Stickman

Why's fitting it into a fixed box a good thing anyway? That's why it looks crowded.

It isn't necessarily on the types of pages you normally design. It might be a bad choice there.
But people rarely bother to scroll down on the front page. I don't. I just want to navigate to whatever it is I'm looking for.
But in this case I might see an article about My Chemical Romance and click on it. Cha-ching! Now I wouldn't have noticed that article had it been buried 900px down the screen.
The beauty is in how subtle the ads are, even though you have two large ad formats and all that content crammed above the fold.
You might not like it but it's effective.

Very web 3.5

Scott · 01-11-2006, 09:05

do one

bender · 01-11-2006, 09:08

One what?

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Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,427	well for starters i wouldn't say brilliant - its too crowded / black. useless for uk market as you cant play videos.

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bender I'd hit it Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Helsinki Posts: 369	Interesting. Is it somehow different when you view the site in the UK? I'm especially intrigued by the 2001 comment. Care to ellaborate?

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stylin328 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 332	its actually just the overdrive design. they just took the overdrive design and put it to everypage now, I like it, whatever

01-11-2006, 03:28	#11 (permalink)
bender I'd hit it Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Helsinki Posts: 369	I happen to quite like the fact that it's very web 3.0. Especially the video mode. Gigantic streaming video is the backbone there. It couldn't have been done well just a few years back. These days people have 8-24mb connections so it's possible. And the fact that it feels like a computer program. Not a website. And the form is just ingenious, I had been struggling with getting a 300x250 ad block fitted on each page on a site I'm working on. Problem solved. It's ingenious in many simple ways. I certainly can't fault them for managing to fit all that content into a single 1024x768 screen; everything is above the fold. No scrolling, ever.

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Mr Fred Magazines™ Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Glasgow.. Posts: 11,427	haha, bender - did you have a hand in its production?

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bender I'd hit it Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Helsinki Posts: 369	One what?

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