Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Zooomr on Firefox
For fairness, it's worth pointing out that I originally tested Zooomr using Opera, my browser of choice. It so happens that my mum prefers Firefox (I believe everyone should test all browsers, and use the one that suits them), so I took the opportunity to test Zooomr on Firefox 1.5.
A few things improved: the icons in the thumbnail pictures now have pop-ups that explain their function. The site also felt faster, especially the Lightmap that run much faster than on Opera. The adverts also displayed in the right places (ie not in the middle of the map!). Photograph pages also seemed to load more quickly - I couldn't spot a page redraw when moving from one photograph in a catalouge to the next, something I could see in Opera.
It's worth noting though that Zooomr is completely broken in IE6. The Inspector, Lightbox and Lightmap all have parts missing and the whole site is generally unhappy. Zooomr really needs to work with all browsers - again, I can't use a site which won't display properly when I direct my IE-using friends towards it.
So same conclusions as before - it's definitely a much more polished product when viewed with Firefox, and the site clearly has immense potential, there's just a lot of work on niggles and cross-browser compatibility to be done.
A few things improved: the icons in the thumbnail pictures now have pop-ups that explain their function. The site also felt faster, especially the Lightmap that run much faster than on Opera. The adverts also displayed in the right places (ie not in the middle of the map!). Photograph pages also seemed to load more quickly - I couldn't spot a page redraw when moving from one photograph in a catalouge to the next, something I could see in Opera.
It's worth noting though that Zooomr is completely broken in IE6. The Inspector, Lightbox and Lightmap all have parts missing and the whole site is generally unhappy. Zooomr really needs to work with all browsers - again, I can't use a site which won't display properly when I direct my IE-using friends towards it.
So same conclusions as before - it's definitely a much more polished product when viewed with Firefox, and the site clearly has immense potential, there's just a lot of work on niggles and cross-browser compatibility to be done.
// posted by Dan @ 7:24 am 
