I think in the guy's original usage of the progress bars being able to dynamically update is not required. If you can provide the percentage through server-side code then javascript is not required.
If it needed to be a progress bar to show progress of something happening on the page, then javascript would be needed.
Well, there is CSS Animation. However, you could argue that it's not ready for use yet it lacks support in IE9 (IE10 has it) and Opera, plus older versions of other browsers.
This also has to do with the audience. Just because an A/B test measured results on a listing of tea products doesn't mean much. Consider how Amazon displays their product: http://i.mking.me/3t3e2E3z2G1Y1X0T2633 I can imagine Amazon has ton a bit of A/B testing...
Audience, and also variance of product. The product images shown in the test are extremely similar, reducing the effectiveness of any arrangement that emphasizes visuals over details.
Amazon grids don't always use images that are quite as effective at indicating discrete products as the book-cover screenshot you've linked (just try browsing through headphones), but for a surprisingly sizable portion of their catalogue image-oriented browsing is both effective and enjoyable.
People like looking at pictures - but showing effectively the same picture over and over again for different products makes me (as a user) feel like I'm wasting time at best, mislead at worst ("the items in this list of unique things can't possibly all look the same in person, can they?")
I don't see how it does. Making note of the entrenchment bonus granted by a language already known by much of the target audience isn't necessarily making a value statement about the bonus or secondary effects thereof.
I was able to ssh into my server on one IP, but not another, which also meant some sites worked and others didn't. Seems like a network connectivity issue.
Obviously being an iPhone you expect to view it in a vertical orientation, however we do provide a way to rotate the image to landscape.
We're working on updating the FAQ about the bleed area. Basically since you're looking at the back of the case, it's hard to visualize the fact that the case wraps around the sides of the phone and has a slight lip around the front. The image printing process does cover that entire area. We wanted to make people aware that the image does in fact need to cover more area than is visible in the configurator. You do have the option to not cover the bleed, it will just end up being the white base color of the case.
1) Document this better! I figured it out eventually, but there were a couple of people looking over my shoulder who wanted to "just click continue", which would have resulted in an ugly surprise later on.
2) You could auto-expand my image to cover the bleed. Basically, just take the last few pixels on each side and expand them out to the edges. That would almost always be better than plain old white, right? This is basically what I did manually with Photoshop.
One of the more interesting aspects of the site was image processing. Since the print process requires high-res images, we have to deal with fairly large images (anywhere from 5-20mb). Using image caching from Interface and a custom nginx module, we sped up image resizing and caching considerably for this site.
I like that it's colorful, even if the colors are kind of hamhanded; it's good for your office to have an identity. I wish we could paint our offices (we could, but we need to be able to trade up to bigger offices on very little notice).
Me too. The last office I was in was all grey and white. I would prefer lots of colours even if they are all mismatched. It's better than looking like a prison.
Have you taken a look at how much it would cost to repaint your office beige when you needed to? It could be worth it in the productivity gain department to paint your offices interesting colors and then contract out when you need the bigger space. Though don't skimp on the chairs to paint the office.
I have this idea, just need someone else to to do all the work for 10% share, really it should be easy so if you can't do it in a few hours I'll find someone else.
