I believe there was so much work and effort spent by web designers into making http://museum.steinberg.net/ , unfortunately i couldn’t stand trying to navigate/browse that flash website for more than 3 minutes and closed the page.
That FLASH … just ruins the very interesting “true content and information” that Museum website has, and it is a shame.
Yeah, I love Flash, but that site is a navigational embarrassment. Like placing a green elephant in the hallway because in India elephants are really a great companion to humans …
The navigational concept just doesn’t work. It has to be transparent and add to the experience, or else the visitors will just get web fatigue. Modern internetians have a very short attention span.
Aw. I think you guys are being a bit mean.
I’d agree if it were a reference site for fast access to important information but this is just a bit of fun for casual browsing. And like so many old museums it’s housed in an arcane labrynth of corridors and levels with surprising half-hidden rooms just waiting to be stumbled upon - but equally quite happy if they’re not.
It doesn’t surprise me – stienberg.net overall is a bit of navigational zoo… IMO. For example, the tool for reassigning a license is buried deep within the site, actually in the knowledge base… where nobody will find it.
The museum is kind a cute but I agree that form should follow function at least nominally and this design is just a bit too arbitrary