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Posted by Graham Rhind
Jan 6, 2016 at 09:13 AM
It’s on their front page at http://taskfabric.com/index.php . Just scroll down. I found it no problem at all ...
Graham
Daly de Gagne wrote:
I didn’t find a chart on the website outlining the features of the
>different products on offer. Hard to pick out exactly what makes one
>product different, and a different price, than the other two. Seems like
>a silly omission for a company which has three versions of the same
>product, Make it easy for a buyer, and let us see where each product
>differs from another without making people try to figure it out for
>themselves. Perhaps this is yet on more example of where site design
>trumps site content. (Forgive my tone, no doubt influenced in part by
>earlier today trying to navigate an airline’s sorry website; ironically
>the airline was Canada’s own WestJet which supposedly is all about its
>guests ie. passengers, but I guess thats only when they’re at airports
>or on the planes. End of rant.)
>
>Daly
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jan 7, 2016 at 12:10 AM
Thanks, Graham. On my tablet I see a list, describing each offering, one after the other. What I was looking for was a chart with each offering having a column, so it is easy to see, side by side and in one place, what their respective features are. Such an approach is not uncommon, and is most helpful.
Daly
Graham Rhind wrote:
It’s on their front page at http://taskfabric.com/index.php . Just
>scroll down. I found it no problem at all ...
>
>Graham
>
>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>I didn’t find a chart on the website outlining the features of the
>>different products on offer. Hard to pick out exactly what makes one
>>product different, and a different price, than the other two. Seems
>like
>>a silly omission for a company which has three versions of the same
>>product, Make it easy for a buyer, and let us see where each product
>>differs from another without making people try to figure it out for
>>themselves. Perhaps this is yet on more example of where site design
>>trumps site content. (Forgive my tone, no doubt influenced in part by
>>earlier today trying to navigate an airline’s sorry website; ironically
>>the airline was Canada’s own WestJet which supposedly is all about its
>>guests ie. passengers, but I guess thats only when they’re at airports
>>or on the planes. End of rant.)
>>
>>Daly
Posted by Graham Rhind
Jan 7, 2016 at 08:25 AM
I would suggest, Daly, that this is a screen size display issue. On a “normal” screen you see the columns next to each other so that the comparison of versions is easy, as you would require. The page has been designed and coded, though, so that on smaller screens the columns appear under each other rather than next to each other so that mobile users only have to scroll up and down rather than left and right. Personally it’s not a design decision I would have made (though it’s common practice these days), but I still think that ranting that a feature is omitted, when it is there but just appears differently on a small screen, isn’t really fair ...
Graham
Daly de Gagne wrote:
Thanks, Graham. On my tablet I see a list, describing each offering, one
>after the other. What I was looking for was a chart with each offering
>having a column, so it is easy to see, side by side and in one place,
>what their respective features are. Such an approach is not uncommon,
>and is most helpful.
>
>Daly
>
>Graham Rhind wrote:
>It’s on their front page at http://taskfabric.com/index.php . Just
>>scroll down. I found it no problem at all ...
>>
>>Graham
>>
>>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>>I didn’t find a chart on the website outlining the features of the
>>>different products on offer. Hard to pick out exactly what makes one
>>>product different, and a different price, than the other two. Seems
>>like
>>>a silly omission for a company which has three versions of the same
>>>product, Make it easy for a buyer, and let us see where each product
>>>differs from another without making people try to figure it out for
>>>themselves. Perhaps this is yet on more example of where site design
>>>trumps site content. (Forgive my tone, no doubt influenced in part by
>>>earlier today trying to navigate an airline’s sorry website;
>ironically
>>>the airline was Canada’s own WestJet which supposedly is all about its
>>>guests ie. passengers, but I guess thats only when they’re at airports
>>>or on the planes. End of rant.)
>>>
>>>Daly
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Jan 8, 2016 at 02:26 AM
Graham, the point is that when I was ranting I didn’t realize the nature of the problem was related to screen size, or ven that the list wS there until you helpfully pointed it out to me. If I had, your observation about my lack of fairness might have been justified.
I say might have been justified because some sites handle small screen size better than others. I have seen mobile sites which manage a column arrangement, albeit one may have to use a landscape orientation of the phone, and or scroll. As well, some sites allow the option of showing the desktop version on the phone. How ironic when sometimes a desktop version of a site works better on a phone than the mobike version of the site.
Part of my rant reflects my frustration with a design trend which seemed to coincide with Windows 8 and its metro look, namely taking more space on desktop, and even mobile, sites to say less.
Daly
Graham Rhind wrote:
I would suggest, Daly, that this is a screen size display issue. On a
>“normal” screen you see the columns next to each other so that the
>comparison of versions is easy, as you would require. The page has been
>designed and coded, though, so that on smaller screens the columns
>appear under each other rather than next to each other so that mobile
>users only have to scroll up and down rather than left and right.
>Personally it’s not a design decision I would have made (though it’s
>common practice these days), but I still think that ranting that a
>feature is omitted, when it is there but just appears differently on a
>small screen, isn’t really fair ...
>
>Graham
>
>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>Thanks, Graham. On my tablet I see a list, describing each offering, one
>>after the other. What I was looking for was a chart with each offering
>>having a column, so it is easy to see, side by side and in one place,
>>what their respective features are. Such an approach is not uncommon,
>>and is most helpful.
>>
>>Daly
>>
>>Graham Rhind wrote:
>>It’s on their front page at http://taskfabric.com/index.php . Just
>>>scroll down. I found it no problem at all ...
>>>
>>>Graham
>>>
>>>Daly de Gagne wrote:
>>>I didn’t find a chart on the website outlining the features of the
>>>>different products on offer. Hard to pick out exactly what makes one
>>>>product different, and a different price, than the other two. Seems
>>>like
>>>>a silly omission for a company which has three versions of the same
>>>>product, Make it easy for a buyer, and let us see where each product
>>>>differs from another without making people try to figure it out for
>>>>themselves. Perhaps this is yet on more example of where site design
>>>>trumps site content. (Forgive my tone, no doubt influenced in part by
>>>>earlier today trying to navigate an airline’s sorry website;
>>ironically
>>>>the airline was Canada’s own WestJet which supposedly is all about
>its
>>>>guests ie. passengers, but I guess thats only when they’re at
>airports
>>>>or on the planes. End of rant.)
>>>>
>>>>Daly