Scan's new website layout

[Bobster]

i came in to say WTF has happened to the site, but it looks like someone already started a thread..

Initial impressions ...... horrible.

+1

dont' like those tabs
drop shadows are too soft (and suddenly cut off leaving a hard edge), tabs are shadowless
icon shadows are inconsistent
icons on the right menu should be on the left of the menu, not the right
style of the site is in conflict with itself
hovering over a product header no longer brings up a sub menu (loved that)
no today only tab

i'm sure they'll be more once i've had a look around..

[Oldjim]

The one thing I miss is the filter to allow me to filter by manufacturer then sort by price for example

[grimpy]

Not sure if i like it or not at the moment,time will tell.

One problem i do have is under my order history,i have 4 pages of orders in there and i cant click on the order anymore to see what it was i ordered in that order.

[DavidM]

Yes - that's been raised -that'll be fixed asap.

[Saracen]

Saracen

Thank you for the feedback - I have viewed the site at your resolution and can understand your point, however I am unsure how much a problem this would be for the majority of user's as most people I think would be viewing the site at a resolution of at least 1280x1024.

Thanks for taking it in the spirit in which it was meant - which was constructive criticism, not just criticism.

I guess part of the issue here, and you'd clearly know better than I would, is about precisely who would be viewing the site.

If you target the typical Hexus user, you're probably right - resolutions are likely to be higher than 1024x768. VERY likely, in fact. Hexites aren't, I would suggest, representative of the wider computer user, though. Almost by definition, they're largely enthusiasts .... cognoscenti, if you like. So if, therefore, you target all computer users, I'm not convinced that it will be the case that resolutions are higher. For a start, what about laptop users? They may well be limited by hardware, espeically for older machines (and not that old either). Then, what about corporate users? Not all corp users have high-res screens ..... or can adjust screen res, even if they want to.

Obviously, you'll know your target customer far better than I do (or at least, I sure hope so ), but I wonder if you'd be better targeting the lowest common factor rather than the "majority" user?

P.S - Why not get a new Monitor

Why thanks, Chris, that's generous of you. A Dell 2408, please. Would you like my address by PM or shall I phone you?

[sjbuck]

It's definitely an improvement on the 1996 version!

http://web.archive.org/web/199611141...ww.scan.co.uk/

[SiM]

It's definitely an improvement on the 1996 version!

http://web.archive.org/web/199611141...ww.scan.co.uk/

Not for Saracen

[Tetsu]

really like it!

[Adamb]

Why thanks, Chris, that's generous of you. A Dell 2408, please. Would you like my address by PM or shall I phone you?

Cash or card?

[scottyman]

this is why I should check scan's website before early afternoon - that's pretty damn sexy, and loads fast too!

[Disturbedguy]

I like the new site, just not liking finding products.

For example, I liked it on the old site, where I could go to cases, then select the manufacturer of the case and be provided with a list of all that manufacturers case's although I could be missing something which should be blatently obvious.

Other than that I think it looks nice.

[DavidM]

That'll be back in due course

[sjbuck]

On the left hand side menus where you have About Us, Contact Us.....what does the Delivery button do? The screen refreshes as if to show delivery costs or something but the page is blank with no errors.....

[Saracen]

Cash or card?

Well, I wasn't expecting either, but I accept cash. The card will be a bit trickier.

[DavidM]

On the left hand side menus where you have About Us, Contact Us.....what does the Delivery button do? The screen refreshes as if to show delivery costs or something but the page is blank with no errors.....

The content will be live on that soon...

[eshrules]

I LOVE it... I can now get on scan at work, without my IE crashing within 2 secs of browsing onto there... yeah, great, thanks scan, that's even more money I'll be spending