st.com now a flash only website ?

In article <30e9ef3c-a2b5-499b-b466-3f5d23d1a2cb@
21g2000prv.googlegroups.com>, jim.granville@gmail.com says...
> 
> On Dec 11, 3:41&#4294967295;am, Clifford Heath <n...@spam.please.net> wrote:
> > Rich Webb wrote:
> > > On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:54:30 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley
> > >> it appears st.com is now a flash only website. :-(
> > > Marketing gone wild, I guess. Farking marketing "Oooo, sparkles!" Feh.
> >
> > Actually it's an f'n stoopid marketing idea as well, since Google doesn't
> > index Flash sites.

On quite a few pages the main navigation was half hidden because 
somebody wrote the site based on ONE screen size and positioned 
EVERY item based on pixel co-ordinates.

Secondary windows open up of a FIXED width which are SMALLER than 
the pixel defined content to be displayed.

Worse than that it requires Flash 9.0.124 (wondering what happens with 
Flash 10, 11..19), and this is defined on each page at LEAST FOUR times 
as follows

=------------ Page code snippet-----------------=
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
// 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
// Globals
// Major version of Flash required
var requiredMajorVersion = 9;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredRevision = 124;
// 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
// -->
</script>




<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="WT.ti" content="Product Selector"/>
<meta name="WT.cg_n" content="Product Selector"/> 
<meta name="WT.z_country" content="Global"/>
<meta name="WT.z_sitetype" content="flex"/>



<title>${title}</title>
<script src="html/app/scripts/AC_OETags.js" language="javascript">
</script>


<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
// 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
// Globals
// Major version of Flash required
var requiredMajorVersion = 9;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredMinorVersion = 0;
// Minor version of Flash required
var requiredRevision = 124;
// 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
// -->
</script>
=------------ End Page code snippet-----------------=

This is code that should be submitted to www.dailywtf.com

No doubt if someone at ST sees this post they will think I have hacked 
their website, when all I have done is 'View Source' available in ANY 
browser.

> It was so bad, I sent them some scud feedback.

Which propbably because it ws someone senior's pet project will
get ignored until the number of hits for 6 months drops, sample
requests dwindle and revenue decreases.

May also have been done by some startup that is a relation of
a board member, not long out of college/school. Typical Flash
point and click monkey coding I would expect from the 15 year olds
over here (UK) doing their ICT courses at Secondary school.
I should know having seen lots of them that the other half marks
as she teaches the subject.

Someone spent a lot of money on M$oft style animations where they
are not needed.

This design style is not suited for the target market of engineers
as the MAJOR users.

This remins me of the NXP fiasco a couple of years ago.

> You have to wonder WHO they tested it on first ?
> Perhaps we would run a sweepstake for how long it takes before the
> deluded fools in ST marketing, realize they are NOT the bees knees ?

Probably the board who are impresed by powerpoint and other glitzy
presentations, not whether it is the right product/service etc..


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