Comments on: Cigar Family Website Review

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:21:31 +0000

After reading the article, I can see where they went wrong. I don't feel flash is that horrible but there are annoyances to it.

I personally feel the music is very soothing, although I can see how it can interrupt a phone call fairly easy. Just keep your volume down a little bit.

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MATASA Website Review | Cigar Jack's Cigar Reviews and News — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:13:50 +0000

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By: Adam Snider

Adam Snider — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:26:24 +0000

I'm with you about Flash, Jesse. I don't know why ANYONE still uses it. But, I find that cigar and liquor websites are especially obsessed with it. It's bad for users/usability, it's bad for SEO, and it's often implemented in ways that are just plain annoying (like auto-loading music, although that's not exclusive to Flash-based sites). If a web designer insists on using Flash, fine, but there should still be a non-Flash, plain-HTML version of the site offered.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:08:30 +0000

I don't see how telling me your binder is Dominican and your wrapper is Cameroon really gives away the secret recipe. How many different regions in those two countries is tobacco grown?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:04:38 +0000

Yeah, I remember we were talking about that noise over Skype, trying to figure out what the heck that was. I kept thinking I had some window open somewhere with a really bad embedded soundtrack! LOL, that's just awesome. Bad awesome.

Amen on the flash! Flash is sooo, what, 2005? I really hate that hover over stuff that goes away if move your mouse. At the very least these sites ought to offer a text base, bells-and-whistles free version of their website. Seriously, what does flash really give you that you can't accomplish with Ajax and DHTML? Does anybody like a website that loads with a soundtrack? And it makes it a pain to quote these sites, because you can't copy the text!

I think they intentionally keep the blends secret on some of their higher end cigars. I can understand that (kinda adds to the mystique), but they really outta give the stats on the more regularly available cigars.