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All new Driftlab

Leather and wood and pixel perfect.

Posted on 05 September 05 in Categories: Site of the week

9 comments

Comment by James on 05 September 05 @ 20:47
It's nice but why oh why did they have to put it in a stupid popup window?!
Comment by John Email on 05 September 05 @ 21:41

They must have had you in mind James :)

It's a real trend led by 24-7 media and may soon become out of style.

Comment by James on 05 September 05 @ 22:15
It just really bugs me, I surely can't be the only one either (perhaps I am?) but even though it's a nice site, I honestly wouldn't go back just because of the fact it's displayed in a pop up window.

A bit extreme perhaps and I guess it's probably more of a personal thing but what can you do :p
Comment by John Email on 05 September 05 @ 22:38

I don't react that harshly to pop ups and don't use a pop up blocker.
So many great photoblogs use em as do comment boxes on blogs.

I just don't know what supports the design decision though. Maybe because its compact without a distracting background etc etc but it is an inconvenience to the viewer.

Comment by James on 05 September 05 @ 23:04
I'm a pop up extremist I think .. I have a pop blocker in firefox although optional ones like this do load when I click them but normally into a new tab which obviously defeats the object of the exercise for me.

Still, it's a bit of a rant about a small aspect. The work itself is excellent although I'm not 100% keen on the font choices personally but they do keep in theme with the site, they can be a little difficult to read.
Comment by driftlab on 15 September 05 @ 23:34
Just for you, James.. I have eliminated the popup. :)
Comment by James on 16 September 05 @ 16:46
Hi Driftlab,

Excellent, you've got one happier visitor to your site :)

Now I'm going to sound a little like an obsessive stalker but just to let you know the site background (the wood graphic) doesn't stretch to the bottom in firefox. Great site though, hope you didn't mind the rant about popups but I honestly think now with popup blockers etc it's a much better move to keep the site in a single window.

Keep up the excellent work.

James.
Comment by driftlab on 18 September 05 @ 04:52
Thanks, James. Yeah, the background textures should tile completely across and down now (unless you've got some crazy high resolution where everything is microscopic). :-)

word.

Scott
Comment by yani on 12 October 05 @ 17:45
I think the site is well made and looks great but I think (and this is a problem with many flash sites) the transitions between sections of the site take way too long. They're ok for the first couple of times you're at the site but then once you've seen them, they then just seem to slow you down. Transitions for transitions sake.

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