Scan's new website layout

[scottyman]

Originally Posted by sjbuck View Post
It's definitely an improvement on the 1996 version!

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

*GULP*
I forgot early websites were that painful!
at least there's no <flash> tags

[Chris P]

Saracen & all

We will be launching a PDA / Laptop compatible web site shortly, even though strictly not a PDA resolution, I guess we would be including the 1024 x 768 along with all other lower resolutions specific to PDA's etc in this release, So we will accomodate for all users viewing our site through any means..

P.S - The Dell should arrive within the next Millenium



Best Regards.

[moogle]

It's definitely an improvement on the 1996 version!

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

it's nice seeing the site evolve

[DavidM]

I liked the old logo

[Adamb]

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

Doh

[Breezey]

noticed they have dropped the delivery ETA now and made the ordering process faster by saving card details.

[lawrywild]

Got a bug here:

In the order history page, there's a table of all your past orders but there are 7 headings with only 6 columns in the table. AFAICT the missing column is either payment authorised or picking date.

Other than that it's nice

Kind of a shame I made my order yesterday and didn't get to use the new site

[SiM]

(Viewed on laptop, 1280x800)
Main problem is that layout is bad for short resolutions (as identified earlier). Possible fixes (see screenshot):
1) Spread out categories here, not sure why it doesn't go across the whole page...
2) Shorter sub category names here. Eg the height of this box can be halved by removing Intel (R)
3) Maybe not have this picture here, does not really add any value imo
4) I am guessing that its going to be split into sections here... if not then split categories into bigger sections!

[moogle]

probably the picture is a paid/sponsor ad for scan etc.

[Hicks12]

noticed they have dropped the delivery ETA now and made the ordering process faster by saving card details.

hmm, is there the option to not have your card details saved? i actually liked the idea of having no card details saved as it can reduce risks of hacking etc and it made it much easier for me as i used a few different cards, rather just type it in when i order than type them all in at once and then trying to figure out the right one .

[moogle]

same, I remember my mums card by heart ( ) and prefer it to be entered each time than saved on the website. but if theres a choice whether to save or not to save then thats fine.

[Saracen]

Saracen & all

We will be launching a PDA / Laptop compatible web site shortly, even though strictly not a PDA resolution, I guess we would be including the 1024 x 768 along with all other lower resolutions specific to PDA's etc in this release, So we will accomodate for all users viewing our site through any means..

Sounds like a solution to my concerns. Much obliged, Chris.

..... P.S - The Dell should arrive within the next Millenium

My dim and distant heirs and successors will look forward to it, with baited (but not held) breath.


I wonder what antique technology will be worth in the 31st Century?

[SiM]

Bug: I think sometimes the filter does not switch to the right sub categories sometimes.

I clicked on a link from hexus to get to that page if that helps... afaik, it does it correctly if you navigate from the website

[Koolpc]

Nice layout to the website.

[Saracen]

Another concern ....

I may just be missing this, either already raised in this thread or a feature on the site, but is there a way to filter by manufacturer?

For example, with motherboards .... I can select Intel S775 and P31/P35 chipset, but can I then restrict display to a given manufacturer? Or better yet, specified ones?

For instance, Abit.

I know I can sort like that, but I still end up scrolling up and down a lot. It's much nicer, as with the old site, to just be able to select the manufacturer I'm interested in and ONLY see products that fit that condition. Better yet, tick selected manufacturers, say Abit and Asus, and see both but only those two?

Or, for instance, 22"-30" monitors, but only Dell, Samsung and Eizo?

An enhanced search that allowed such filtering would be very useful. Have I missed it?

[DavidM]

I believe this has been mentioned about 57 times so far (slight exaggeration )

It will be back in due course - but for now, you now have the sort feature on the columns - which now also has the manufacturer column of course...