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Maverick Records
http://www.maverick.com

Category:
Music

Created by:
WDDG in 2001

Rating:
7.8 (4 votes)

Date added:
Nov 20th, 2001

Last updated:
Nov 20th, 2001

Our comments:
Choosing a Flash-based solution for designing a content-heavy web site has never been very popular due to the inherent weaknesses of the format. But with its Maverick Records design, WDDG has clearly proved that Flash can be used to develop large-scale web sites if it is used right and supported with other technologies.

We are certainly accustomed to the plain-vanilla HTML designs of e-commerce web sites, but here WDDG breaks the status quo, and brings life to the tired medium, and best of all, the design is not in-your-face: no 500k intros to download, no broken back/forward navigation, no spinning logos, and no 3-second techno sound loops that make you desperately search for the sound off button before anything else.

It has been always difficult to clearly separate different parts of a web page because HTML is static, but with proper use of motion as it is the case here, one can easily draw attention to certain parts of a web page. In fact the design is so clean with its generous use of white space that motion merely boosts the usability of an already very easy-to-use web design.

--Aycan

ugwump (31) - Apr 16th, 2002 Presentation  9 Graphics  9 Usability  9 Technical  10 Personal Slant  9 Overall 9.2 Wow, Maverick has the balls (and $$$) to go all Flash with their corporate site. Impressive. Home page is slightly busy, but that's a minor nuisance. Color schemes, typography, animations, most everything is stylish and well done. Sarah (34) - Nov 28th, 2001 Presentation  7 Graphics  7 Usability  5 Technical  7 Personal Slant  6 Overall 6.4 nice design, optional colors is a nice touch, however it is inexcusable that they created a b2c site in flash. syntekz (10) - Nov 20th, 2001 I like the site and design, but why do the entire thing in flash?