I don't expect a search engine to "stimulate the senses" - I expect it to
quickly return accessible and relevant results. IMHO, Google is a success
because of its clean interface, not in spite of it.
I did not say that Google is not a success or that we are a search engine,
however MANY people PREFER going shopping on REAL streets, compared to using
Google or Amazon.
That is the market niche we are approaching.
If you have not been able to digest and understand that concept by now and
say something remotely accepting of the principle, then we are sorry you
never will.
But I don't *want* the sights and sounds of real-world shopping. That's
why
I'm shopping on the internet to begin with.
And you are an individual who many disagree with. It is not aimed at you,
someone who likes Internet shopping. It is aimed at those who DON'T, and
who love real streets because of what they see, and what they HEAR. Your
advice is, make it simpler, turn the sound off.
You have missed the point quite outstandingly.
Besides which, your site may not have the same hassle as real-world
shopping
(no crowds, for one thing) but it's definitely not hassle-free. I have to
enable VirusScript, I have to wait for far too long, I have to figure out
how
to turn off the noise it makes, etc.
I think we can safely say that this site is not aimed at the sort of people
who generally spent their time arguing in web coding newsgroups, or who even
know how to disable JS.
JS never hurt anyone with a decent virus checker, unless they tend to
frequent undesirable websites I guess.
Your stores may well have goods and services that make it a worthwhile
trade-
off.
Thank you! At last a semi-positive comment. Uh-oh now I've said that
you'll want to take it back or correct me!
The problem is, I have to make that trade blindly; I have to fulfill all
of your requirements before I can even look at the stores to see if what
they
have is worth doing so.
Trust me you don't have to, just move along and try Google. That's what
you're happy with which is fair enough.
The bottom line for me is this: I've seen many friends and relatives hit
the "back" button because a shopping site was too slow to load, it made
noise, it didn't work with their preferred browser settings, etc. I've yet
to see *anyone* leave such a site because it loaded too quickly, was too
easy to use, or didn't play any background music.
Our repeat visitor hit count would disagree with you. Some people even just
use our site to see where a shop they want to visit is on a street, before
they visit the street itself. But if they're with us and make an unexpected
purchase which some do, then that's great too.
I think you guys could benefit a lot from loosening up, learning that not
everyone thinks like a programmer, that everyone is different, to live and
let live, and realise how good it feels to say something nice to someone,
even if you don't share their beliefs.
The frankly incredibly offensive behaviour we have witnessed here is enough
to make us stay away for life. Any good advice given by *some* of you was
completely undone by the disgusting manner in which you speak.
As for the others, thanks again for the constructive feedback. The site is
now better for it.
Over and out.
