Saturday, January 21, 2006

TriMet Updating Webpage

TriMet is getting ready to unveil a newly retooled website and has asked for us to view it and provide feedback by Tuesday, January 24.

1. PREVIEW THE NEW HOMEPAGE: http://trimet.org/index_new.htm

2. SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=983511309256

Please note: Some features are not yet fully functional. The final design will include a continually updating clock that displays the current time. And the Trip Planner will automatically show the current date and time when the page is loaded. Eventually, all pages on the site will be updated to match the new homepage design.


Yawn.

Well, there really isn't much to see other than a huge new graphic that takes up most of the page and makes the page quite slow on dialup. The most interesting thing is probably bug that allows those who respond to the survey to view the results. Sadly the majority seems to be leaning towards calling the new webpage a 'vast improvement' even though it is slower and only marginally clearer (in terms of navigation). Truly, it seems people always prefer style over substance, and only one respondent seemed to hit the nail on the head with the response "is this why you are raising fares?!?"

1 Comments:

Blogger Mr. Viddy said...

I've had it with TriMet and their janky surveys. My opinion doesn't matter because once you delete the cookies from your browswer you can vote over and over again so the results don't necessarily reflect the real public opinion.

4:43 PM  

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