 Poster: A snowHead
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It has been discussed on the Scottish websites but what do you think of the new Cairngorm website?
www.cairngormmountain.org.uk
It does look very “pretty” but to my mind-and others-it appears like it should be a feature of a larger website.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Any website that greets it's users with "Loading..." is usually going to be a let down. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It looks a bit gray to me.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Much better than the last effort, but I also hate the "loading" messages.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Pretty, but too slow. Once I'm on a site, I want a click to bring instant info, not a segway(?) into a nice piccy and then the info.
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brian
brian
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I quite like it.
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brian, What do you mean? I can scroll in Firefox. 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Visually it looks ok but it is just too slow. Even running with 2Mb broadband (Not the fastest i know) it was way too slow.
Can't stand those stupid 'loading' bar thingies either. 
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Looks nice but seems a little badly designed. Our IA guys here would have a field day with it I suspect!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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stocky, When I go back to the UK I have to put up with 28,800 dial-up! I avoid all Flash sites if I can then. LDA site is not dissimilar, but does give you a choice of Flash or html - much better idea.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| stocky, When I go back to the UK I have to put up with 28,800 dial-up! I avoid all Flash sites if I can then. LDA site is not dissimilar, but does give you a choice of Flash or html - much better idea. |
I take it you have to fire up the steam generator to get it working first 
I agree with offering Flash or HTML versions, especially for thos running at slower speeds.
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brian
brian
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easiski, ok, it was just my window size being a bit small, for some reason no scrollbar appeared so I couldn't see the down scroll arrow.
The photography is lovely but the clever fading grates after a couple of clicks.
Hope they've got a more ski oriented front page for winter.
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You know it makes sense.
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needs speeding up. I kept wanting to shout 'I KNOW YOU'RE F~~KING LOADING !!' at the screen. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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they did have a "winter" and "summer" split on their old website so one would hope the same will happen come November.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yuk. Flash forced on the home page. Nice pic, though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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stocky, No - it's hand operated. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think its quite nice with good pics although it seems to lack content. I mainly use it for the web cam. Didn't have any problems with it loading but then I have a 10Mb connection  .
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Not sure how fast my connection is, but I have no problem with the speed. But it is not accessible in the sense that there is no way of scaling the text (might zoom in Opera, haven't checked). Looking at the source code, I'd say it would be useless for someone relying on a screen reader. Blind people do ski - and those who don't shouldn't be deprived of knowing what is going on.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hmm. Wonder if overlays (trail map ONTO real world shot, arrows or highlighting of patrol locations in picture) would be sexier. Wouldn't help the blind.
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