Thinkgeek Redesign

http://www.thinkgeek.com/redesign/

by flapjack • 17 years ago

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pistoriusp• 17 years ago

I don't have time to have a look at their code right now, but I would love to know how they did their background (The scroll transitions). Neat effect.

martythemaniak• 17 years ago

The main background is a PNG with the robots and zombies. It has black objects, gray objects and the rest is transparent. Beneath that PNG, there is a JPG gradient that goes from gray to black. The PNG is fixed to the bottom, while the gradient isn't, so as you're scrolling, the gradient makes the background of the PNG appear different, revealing different objects.

spydez• 17 years ago

The png: http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/refresh/robozombies7.png

Or, one of them, anyways. There's 2 to 6 as well.

huhtenberg• 17 years ago

Ohhh .. nice background slider on the home page. Scroll the page and see how background image blends into another. Never seen this done before.

But an overall impression is that they have added way too much visual noise. Bigger font and more colors doesn't necessarily mean a better user experience. In fact, sticky fancy background (as nice as it is) only contributes to the problem.

In short, it was better before. And they should've really run this interface through a public beta first to gather a feedback.

nollidge• 17 years ago

Really? I don't think there's any more stuff on there than before, particularly looking at the screenshots they show. Looks like they just freshened things up a bit.

potatolicious• 17 years ago

I think the redesign is great - but the background, while awesome and creative, is distracting and adds noise to the UI.

The rest of the design is awesome though - there are some decent improvements to discoverability.

jeroen• 17 years ago

Actually, there are two background layers that are constantly visible. The top one is transparent and has light and dark images on it, and the bottom one is a gradient with the same light and dark end colours.

The top layer is fixed, the bottom layer absolutely positioned, so that the latter moves under the former as you scroll the page.

Not exactly rocket science, and I guess we've never seen this before because it is way too distracting.

apgwoz• 17 years ago

Now all they have to do is get some new interesting products!

I've been shopping Thinkgeek (mostly t-shirts, but sometimes other things) since 1999, and it's been a while since I've seen any new, interesting shirts.

jrandom2• 17 years ago

I bought a cute little Martian file server from them years ago when they sold interesting hardware.

Milansoc15• 17 years ago

the background is amazing

bayleo• 17 years ago

Can anyone explain why the "feedback tab" on the lower left of homepages is becoming so popular?

spif• 17 years ago

It was started by the GSFN (getsatisfaction.com) tab. Although this one isn't GSFN.

sachinag2• 17 years ago

Actually, I'm pretty sure the UserVoice folks started it. When we added it to Dawdle (still there), the GS folks didn't offer one.

halo• 17 years ago

I dislike those feedback tabs with a passion. I find them incredibly distracting.

jrandom2• 17 years ago

MY EYES!!!

Gah! "More Loud Colorful Clutter" does not automatically equal "Better". It's a store for geeks, not the MySpace crowd.

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