SPARKS

rwolf'68 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:21 pm Post subject: Help needed with Photo Gallery

Howzit? I can't seem to get the photo gallery to work properly. There's no bar on the right to scroll down and also I can't maximize it in the upper right hand corner either. Waaaaaasup? Would U B able to assist me?

Alex Robertson · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:28 pm Post subject:

Use your PC's "history" icon...and reselect the gallery from there...you will find that you have all the appropriate tools for scrolling etc....Its a tried and tested method for a few of us UK viewers.

rwolf'68 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Alex. I appreciate your help!

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:59 pm Post subject:

bad site design = Flash/Shockwave (insert flavour of the month gfx toy here) intro only.

good site design = cater for the lowest common denominator and optionally provide rich media content.

loz · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

Spot on EF... Nothing more annoying than waiting for the "Skip Intro"
Remember the old Sparks site?? Balls floating around... hours before you could reach the "content"..
Macromedia should be forbidden! All sites should be hand written in raw html code. Then we'd all be on an even playing field.
The web is about information, and when we want it. We don't want cosmetics before we access it. Check this one out for a turn off! It's like playing a Point & click game before you get anywhere...

http://www.superfurry.com/

Sorry, Super Furry Animals fans... it's just an example of bad, but flashy web design. Navigate that, and find what you're looking for, and you are a better person than I Gungadin!
There! I'm putting the soap box away now.

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject:

My original post was somewhat longer and a potential expletive-fest, then I just deleted most of it, but it was mainly pointing out the fact that Macromedia need a good slap...all of them....who do they think they are, like some tinpot Micro$oft trying to inflict on us and infiltrate the web with all that bandwidth wasting trash....honestly !

If you cant code, fine....just don`t try to bluff it with naff gfx.

I can`t code, never tried, don`t want or need to, but even I managed to use a WYSIWYG editor and it didn`t end up like a trip to Disneyland in the 60`s, on foot wading through treacle with size 28 boots on, on a bad acid trip, after 6 bottles of vodka whilst being poked in the eyes with sticks.

Macromedia et al, can go and swing for all I care, I don`t know why they don`t go and join forces with AO(hel)L.....they`d probably do quite well over there.

loz · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:

Sorry rwolf... EuroFad & I have gone off at a tangent....
Wysiwyg etc... I think we both have exhausted our grief at corporate domination now.
Have you managed to view the pics yet??

rwolf'68 · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:17 pm Post subject:

Yes, I have figured it out, thanks and also managed to have a good laugh at all your moaning & groaning as well. So thanks again guys!

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject:

Consider me fully disgruntled, and at this hour !
I`ll never sleep now.

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject:

also, that shower at the VH1 site are going to get a stinking email tomorrow.

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:42 am Post subject:

It wasn`t just Macromedia, they were the first ones that came to mind, and it really was just me having a moan :-)

My point was that any site should have both options available...

so, as you said, the kids will be able to use the flashy version, and those who just want to see the site at speed can do so, and any content can be made available to download separately without having to "hack" into the site and try to find it manually.

That`s if they want to be accessible to everyone of course ;-)