What do you guys think of Michelle?

Blake · 08-21-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by solefald

eeeww... i couldn't close that thing fast enough. i think a website re-design would be more beneficial than some talking chick in the corner.

on top of that i *HATE* it when websites start talking at you or playing music without you clicking on anything....

talking websites instantly make me hit close or back

blue2fire · 08-21-2009, 08:28 PM

Annoying, i hate being patronised.

radiantm3 · 08-21-2009, 08:48 PM

It would be useful if she was streaming live and you could actually carry a real conversation.

I close it right away when I hit the site as well. Multimedia/flash for the sake of being cool doesn't belong on commerce sites, IMO. Maybe for brochure pages, but even then I find them annoying.

Hawkeye · 08-21-2009, 09:12 PM

Very annoying. Reminds me of those dumb sound ads on animeshippuuden.com

At least she didn't talk too long. Although most people know how to navigate a website.

lib · 08-21-2009, 09:23 PM

Wish I hadn't seen this thread... Noscript was automatically blocking that popup and I had no idea it existed until now.

While I appreciate the effort that's exactly the WRONG thing to do to your site. If you want to improve the site improve the basic layout, performance (aka, don't load it with bloated BS that doesn't help) and make something that works well on an iPhone while you're at it

SV Concepts · 08-24-2009, 04:26 PM

Working on making it on-click only

Georgeair · 08-24-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by deamon32

The more work friendly a website is the better. By that I mean no annoying sounds of any kind that automatically play.

And the only people who don't get that are ones who don't have a real job, or their job includes surfing for cool stuff!

dosserj · 08-24-2009, 05:14 PM

Just checked out the site. It seems to be click-to-activate now. To be honest, I probably would not have clicked the "play" button had I not read this post first. It is fairly discrete in the corner. Just makes me wonder, why have it at all if it is hidden?

Maybe have a notification that says "Click for Michelle" or something. I appreciate the effort and the clip is well done. However, like the others, I prefer not to waste time listening to sales pitches when I'm already on the site. I wouldn't want to distract my customers from buying once they are already on my site.

Blake · 08-24-2009, 05:33 PM

now, if she started undressing while talking, i'd probably be more inclined to listen to what she had to say.

SES_D · 08-24-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Blake

now, if she started undressing while talking, i'd probably be more inclined to listen to what she had to say.

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