Maker of Dreams, Creator of Nightmares
Nice to be back after the Christmas period and nice to see that everyone else is back too, all eager to get started on the next assignment.
On Wednesday, those who had not used Dreamweaver before were treated to a small tutorial on the basics of this wonderful little/massive program. I decided to listen in on the lecture as the whole idea of me being on this course is to learn new things. I have never used Dreamweaver 8 so it was nice to see how this new version is different. I have to admit that it was worthwhile as I found lots of new and quicker ways to do things with it.
I feel sorry for some of my peers being thrown in at the deep end to create a full website with a program they hardly know nothing about. It took me 3 months on and off using Dreamweaver for dummies and then moving onto the Dreamweaver bible. It was worth it, this is the application that makes it all worthwhile. Along with Photoshop you will all be designing like professionals in no time. Even though the deadline seems pretty tight with a project of this magnitude.
I am looking forward to the
I was over the moon with my assignment grade and felt like my hard work had paid off. It gave me a bit of a boost along with a sense of relief that a fairly large obstacle was over. I am now back in the ‘zone’ and eagerly looking forward to the rest of the semester. A few things have been straightened out at college and at home and I feel like I am starting with a clean slate.
On another subject, this week I decided to give the Kitchen Designer on the B&Q website a go as we need a new kitchen at home and needed to find a rough cost. A company of this size should have the money and the knowledge to pull this off but I found that what looks like a marvelous idea, fell at every hurdle.
It is classed as the ‘only online kitchen designer in the world’ but I don’t think it has ever undergone any serious user testing. These are the problems I found.
It only works in IE but does not tell you the fact.
- The kitchen layout is far too small for any screen size.
- When inserting a door it has a no go area surrounding it and doesn’t count for doors opening the other way.
- When inserting a window it doesn’t ask how high from the floor it is.
- After 2 hours of trying the final drawing could not be rendered.
- The ‘email us your problem’ form does not have a submit button.
- On the main site none of the feedback forms get processed.
- The only email link that works is the ‘send us a compliment’ link.
I sent them (eventually) a long email stating the problems and asking if they have actually sold a kitchen using this method but so far have had no reply.
Award winning? I need proof.
Where do you keep your ketchup?
posted by Dean @ 9:11 am
4 comments
4 Comments:
Slightly concerned about the "3 month" of using Dreamweaver. I hope I can pick up the basics quicker than that or there will be problems ha! I hope you found the funny side of the Kitchen designing eventually, I'm affraid I did, a great final design though, Very..modern
This was on and off I might add and I did go into it a bit more than just the basics. Don't worry if you have a knack for learning software like this you will have no problems.
I was a novice at the time.
Ahh right I see, I should be fine, all I need is the basic skills at the moment, I know that I cant create something spectacular yet.
It looks a really great tool though I must say, the more playing I do the more confident I'll get anyway, thanks.
I agree with you Dean, it does seem like a monumental task in such a short time for if you've never used Dreamweaver, but that's probably the point. It'll need lots of time planning and careful consideration.
I know I'm having to give my time plans careful consideration and I'd consider myself quite savvy with Dreamweaver.
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