Who hired the 6th Grader?

[Neil S]

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The thing is, for an outsider, who has some experience with webdesign, usability and e-commerce, it's pretty obvious that there's a lot of unreleased potential in 2+2 - the website. It may be that the user-base of 2+2 are anomalies, and that all the guidelines for usability and aestheticism don't apply to them, but I sorta doubt that..

[/ QUOTE ]I don't think anything about market research is necessarily 'obvious', personally. I understand where you're coming from, but customers can be fickle.

[Sniper]

Zeturd, very nice! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[EMc]

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Most definitely not looking for a job either, but I was curious what I'd be able to do with the ad mentioned in the OP by playing around in photoshop for 5-10 minutes:



Better?

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wow, i like it

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[Gildwulf]

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Most definitely not looking for a job either, but I was curious what I'd be able to do with the ad mentioned in the OP by playing around in photoshop for 5-10 minutes:



Better?

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wow, i like it

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[Troll_Inc]

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Zeturd, very nice! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Zeturd for President!

[Tickner]

Yeah, as a web developer myself, I agree with pretty much all the ideas ZeTurd has brought forth here.

[JaredL]

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Most definitely not looking for a job either, but I was curious what I'd be able to do with the ad mentioned in the OP by playing around in photoshop for 5-10 minutes:



Better?

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Fantastic. The only thing I would change would be to make five and free different colors, but that would be the best ad on the site IMO.

[El Diablo]

Zeturd,

I think it sucks. I would redo it and have a little bit of the 4 visible under the 5 card. Then it would totally rule.

[kickabuck]

Although Zeturd's effort is undoubtedly aesthetically more pleasing than the original effort, does it perform the task at hand as well as the original? It's really a question of responses(is the present look effective?)vs. alienation of readers(still hard to believe a significant number of people give a rat's behind what it looks like). Lots of looks is probably good, no?

Many years ago Wisk had an ad that asked "Ring around the collar?" Everyone agreed it was a horrible ad, but it was highly effective as it got your attention. Maybe this is 2+2's version of ring around the collar. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[jek187]

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The purpose of the graphic isn't to look good but to get your attention. So I guess our sixth grader just made it to junior high.

MM

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Hi Mason,

The graphic does indeed get a person's attention. However, it is also such an eyesore that upon having your eyes drawn to it, you immediately want to look away. You may want to hold your sixth grader back a year.