Now, despite my nerdy-ness, I’m not normally one for going giddy at Flash sites (unless they have some seriously impressive actionscripting going on).
That said, Jim Carrey’s site (www.jimcarrey.com) although not technically groundbreaking, has just been done beautifully. Yes it takes a while to load, but it’s worth it for the atmospheric transitions and nicely melded together graphics from his various films.
Little extras like the Ace Ventura bird who spits out Carrey’s latest Tweet, or the blimp that glides by to tell you the latest news also make the site a joy to visit.
Nice work from the people at 65, check their site for more great sites.
The page fold issue is something that could be a matter of opinion, but this article I came across has some good user testing results to back up what they say here about the page fold really not being a barrier for websites. Stats of course can still be interpreted in different ways, but I’ve always thought that it makes sense to have some content below the page fold if it means the user doesn’t need to navigate to a new page.
If you’re interested in this kind of thing then this article may either change, or reassure you of your views on web content displayed below the page fold.
… and now everyone’s a movie maker thanks to this new service from www.xtranormal.com. This particular example made me cry with laughter, then cry with real tears of pain and anger…
The beauty of viral videos is that the medium doesn’t change, but the content is endless. Volkswagen have gone and brought a massive smile to my face this Monday morning with their latest videos observing what they call ‘The Fun Theory‘ where they see if they can make people do normal, everyday things more if it is made to be more fun. I’ll let you see the answer for yourself. My favourite one is below, but you can see the rest of them by clicking here. Have fun!
The iPhone is the perfect device for anything Augmented Reality and this is a great example of how it can be used. Minority Report eat your heart out. It’s only available on the 3GS and new iPod touch by the sounds of it and is currently only available in New York, Chicago and Washington. But, it’s bound to be everywhere soon. See the video below or read more about it on Mashable’s blog.
Little extras like the Ace Ventura bird who spits out Carrey’s latest Tweet, or the blimp that glides by to tell you the latest news also make the site a joy to visit.
