Saturday, September 20, 2008

crumpler.com.au



This site opens with a loader that says, "ok, were loading stuff", That mild humour helped be to actually wait it out! Although it was a slow load its a great site if your looking to buy a unique bag, backpack, suitcase, or purse.



The main interface is extremely simple, you can arrange all the product by price, alphabetically or even search for a specific color, keyword or product name. These features make finding what you want fast and easy. Its layout was apparently based on a japanese vending machine and we all now how hard vending machines are to operate. When you click to see the next set of bags it isnt just a static picture of the bags, they all slide sideways and bounce to a stop, giving it a funner interface. I like the seamless page skipping, its a nice change from the typical static catalogue. When you click on an item it drops down as it would in a vending machine then you can see it larger with details, color options, specs and even reviews on the next screen.





The menu is clever how when you roll over it it fades the rest of the screen out so you can easily focus on it. The store finder was simple and detailed, checkout felt secure, training videos were somewhat amusing and sound was optional so i didnt have to go and turn it off, it was the other way around. They also included links to articles about them and events they sponsored.

I thought this was probably the easiest online shop to shop, you dont even have to scroll one thing.

1 comment:

Aliza Kinney said...

Hey hey great taste! Loved this site too, but what do make of their logo? Not really feeling it myself. Maybe their trying too hard. Rasta boy needs a make-over.