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Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« on: August 04, 2012, 05:50:01 PM »
Why do gun and knife manufacturers insist on these stupid, bloated web sites, that spend half their time telling me that they're "loading" some gimmicky flash nonsense?  ;/

http://www.springfield-armory.com/


Just show me a page full of your products, with little thumbnail photos, product name/number, and a few specs. If I want further info on an item, I click on it, and you show me a web page for that model. Why do they make it complicated?  =|
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2012, 06:55:24 PM »
It's flashy tech... It's got what people crave...


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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2012, 07:06:36 PM »
Yeah, Springfield Armory's site has long been one of the worst of the gun manufacturers in that regard. It's not just guns and knives, either... seems like more and more of the web keeps switching over to ridiculous unnecessarily resource/bandwidth intensive flash/interactive/web 2.0 styling every day.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2012, 07:18:39 PM »
Quote from: HForrest on August 04, 2012, 07:06:36 PM
Yeah, Springfield Armory's site has long been one of the worst of the gun manufacturers in that regard. It's not just guns and knives, either... seems like more and more of the web keeps switching over to ridiculous unnecessarily resource/bandwidth intensive flash/interactive/web 2.0 styling every day.


I'm sure it's not just the cool toy websites - those are just the manufacturers' sites I happen to see most often.

I thought web designers and businesses were supposed to have learned their lesson years ago, that people don't like that garbage.  =|
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2012, 07:22:10 PM »
Quote from: HForrest on August 04, 2012, 07:06:36 PM
Yeah, Springfield Armory's site has long been one of the worst of the gun manufacturers in that regard. It's not just guns and knives, either... seems like more and more of the web keeps switching over to ridiculous unnecessarily resource/bandwidth intensive flash/interactive/web 2.0 styling every day.
Yea, after that major change several years ago, I have ignored them completely.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2012, 07:27:30 PM »
Quote from: fistful on August 04, 2012, 07:18:39 PM
...those are just the manufacturers' sites I happen to see most often.

Well, there you are:  the fault is yours. =D
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2012, 07:41:15 PM »
Quote from: Jamie B on August 04, 2012, 07:22:10 PM
Yea, after that major change several years ago, I have ignored them completely.

So do I. Especially since I do most of my surfing on my ipad, which doesn't have Flash player.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2012, 07:53:55 PM »
Quote from: fistful on August 04, 2012, 05:50:01 PM
Why do gun and knife manufacturers insist on these stupid, bloated web sites, that spend half their time telling me that they're "loading" some gimmicky flash nonsense?  ;/

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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2012, 09:00:01 PM »
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2012, 10:51:43 PM »
Those with the LOUD auto-play videos piss me off to a great degree. Especially if they use a media player w/o a volume button. I have to use the PC main audio control, which really sets me off...

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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2012, 12:18:12 AM »
Quote from: fistful on August 04, 2012, 05:50:01 PM
Why do gun and knife manufacturers insist on these stupid, bloated web sites, that spend half their time telling me that they're "loading" some gimmicky flash nonsense?  ;/

http://www.springfield-armory.com/


Just show me a page full of your products, with little thumbnail photos, product name/number, and a few specs. If I want further info on an item, I click on it, and you show me a web page for that model. Why do they make it complicated?  =|

I have the same complaint. I think the reason for it is that the companies hire web designers to create their sites, and DON'T give the designers any real direction ... such as "make sure the pages load fast so customers with slow computers don't have to wait!" To the web designers, it's all one big game. They get paid to see how many of the latest resource-sucking toys they can possibly squeeze into one web page. What's not to like?

I've taken to just bailing out on sites with lengthy Flash intros. I just write to the head of the company and explain that I have better things to do with my time than wait for their useless intro to load, so I'll just take my business to a company that doesn't waste resources (and my time) like that. Most of them now have an option to click past the Flash intro, but a site that even has a Flash intro is likely to run as slow as molasses in January throughout because the designer isn't interested in what the customer needs, he is interested in showing off what a cool web designer he is.

Spare me.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2012, 09:08:46 AM »
Best gun websites are Ruger and Charter Arms.....all the info you need & no Flash crap you don't....
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2012, 10:06:54 AM »
I always thought www.zombo.com was okay, and worth the wait for their flash site to load.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2012, 10:37:42 AM »
I hate springfield's website also.

Thankfully, I love XD pistols and can get any info I want off the XD forums :_D
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2012, 10:41:53 AM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on August 06, 2012, 10:06:54 AM
I always thought www.zombo.com was okay, and worth the wait for their flash site to load.

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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2012, 10:53:52 AM »
Bushnell has a terrible site, too. Kimber's site has always been attractive, and reasonably functional even though it uses Flash.
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2012, 11:03:11 AM »
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gimmicky flash nonsense
How about flashy gimmicky nonsense like Cold Steel or Extreme Shock?
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2012, 09:39:46 PM »
Nothing says tacticool like an ! in your name:  http://www.blackhawk.com/
But brimic is right about Extreme Shock (for real ninjas only)  http://www.extremeshockusa.com/
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2012, 11:11:12 PM »
Quote from: Antibubba on August 07, 2012, 09:39:46 PM
But brimic is right about Extreme Shock (for real ninjas only)  http://www.extremeshockusa.com/

That site makes me feel like I just ran into a coloring book owned by an 8 year-old that has recently watched a marathon of 90's action films...
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2012, 02:43:38 PM »
Quote from: Blakenzy on August 07, 2012, 11:11:12 PM
That site makes me feel like I just ran into a coloring book owned by an 8 year-old that has recently watched a marathon of 90's action films...

And yet I felt compelled to click the link.  :facepalm:
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Re: Gun and knife companies with obnoxious web sites.
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2012, 03:57:20 PM »
I looked at the title and guessed, before clicking, that this was about Springfield Armory.  lol.

Yeah, I hate their homepage too.  Always trying to direct you to some XDm garbage.

I own an XD... but when I find myself going there I want the menuing system to visit some info about M1A's or 1911's.  Instead I get to wait and get misdirected or have to click-thru to get to the real part of the site I want.
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