new TVR website

[koen]

TVR has a completely new website, even with interactive
items as "build your own TVR"...
Website is a big improvement on the old one, and with
very nice pics of the new T350 and T440.

On some of the pics, the T350 looks very similar to the TVR Trident prototypes from the seventies.
Certainly from 3/4 view from behind.
At last some heritage in the new TVR designs ... ?

[chibbard]

About bloody time.

[p7ulg]

whats the address been to the TVR page and it just looks the same

[zumbruk]

"Big improvement"? Only if that's an odd way of spelling "utterly shite". It's Flash 6, which means no non-PC users can see it at all. And an "all Flash" site is sure and certain evidence that it will be some drooling garbage banged out by a so-called "web designer" - all form and no content. Not that I will be looking at it - it doesn't render in Mozilla.

[craigalsop]

Works in Mozilla for me - I am using a PC though...

[bcms]

p7ulg said: whats the address been to the TVR page and it just looks the same

Ditto?

[Graham B]

I just seem to get an FTP type site... looks abit knackered to me.

www.tvr-eng.co.uk still works but that looks as it used to.

>> Edited by Graham B on Wednesday 23 October 12:12

[d_drinks]

p7ulg said: whats the address been to the TVR page and it just looks the same

Me too is there a new address then???.....

[p7ulg]

It is now

www.tvr.co.uk


>> Edited by p7ulg on Wednesday 23 October 12:18

[tuscan_s]

Looks like it was designed 3 years ago. Look at the Corvette web site if you want to see how it's done properly!

[Graham B]

p7ulg said: It is now

www.tvr.co.uk


>> Edited by p7ulg on Wednesday 23 October 12:18

Still seem to get the FTP/parent directory frontpage...

Graham

[steve-p]

So do I sometimes, but other times, it works...

When it is working, it renders fine in Mozilla for me. I don't have a problem with a web site that will work well for all but a tiny minority. You have to draw the line somewhere.

[FunkyGibbon]

Almost works for me in Mozzila 7 (though in the Build a Car section I can't select any options).

Doesn't work at all in IE6 (and yes I've got Flash6 installed).

Having a Flash only site is very much against the concepts of web site accessiblity (www.w3.org/WAI/).

Not having the required plugin (or rather not being able to use the plugin) could in principle be seen as discrimination.

[steve-p]

Works fine in IE6 for me.

[AndrewD]

Dare I say it, trust TVR to build a site that only works when the sun is shining

[dans]

It is a vast improvement on the old one, but they have built a Flash site on the cheap, it is grainy, slow and fiddly to use and it contains Typos, unless they are really building 'Powerbrains' (sic) in the powerbrain workshop....

How funny is that there is a problem even with the engine building area of their website....

[steve-p]

Actually in the car builder thing, it isn't possible to select options in any browser I have tried yet, so I don't think it is actually implemented/finished/working.

I don't really see how a flash only web site limits "Access by everyone regardless of disability"?

[steve-p]

How funny is that there is a problem even with the engine building area of their website....

LOL! We could be thankful that they didn't just cobble together a web site themselves though

[FunkyGibbon]

steve-p said: I don't really see how a flash only web site limits "Access by everyone regardless of disability"?

Whilst I hope blind people won't be driving cars , the site won't work with Braille displays, or text to voice systems. They should at least offer a standard HTML version.

This is over the top for a car site perhaps, but it is very important for public service sites (NHSDirect, PH etc).



>> Edited by FunkyGibbon on Wednesday 23 October 13:04

[Edt]

Accessibility issue.... a must for certain sites (ie Govt.) but not for a car manufacturer. Generally failing accessibilty test means the user with poor eyesite will not be able to navigate the site or access the content (using text to speech, or to brail). But it's a car site - so not that relevant! Usability tests, now that's another matter. Would have plenty to say there!

Shame it's been put together to scale the content to fill the browser window - much better to fix the content size - then the quality of the imagery wont suffer at all (which it does).

Cant really see why it's a Flash site anyway.

Build your own section is junk!

Has this site been officially announced or are we seeing a preview vesion I wonder?

Regards
Ed