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No, this is not a world of warcraft thread so sorry if I got you excited. :lol: What I meant to say was WOW!

go to this site: http://www.refunk.com/blog/

Now disable css - WOW!

Now enable css and disable javascript HOLY WOW!

I'm really really impressed.
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That is pretty cool. In fact, that is what accessibility should be like.
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Don't see much of a wow factor. The site is pretty mundane in how it has been coded. Though the use of the flash was definately different.
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Have you ever built a website which rendered entirely in flash (and well) when javascript/flash was enabled, but degraded (to an even better design IMO) well when javascript/flash was disabled? If so, then I guess it really shouldn't wow you too much.

EDIT: I just noticed another thing - resize the page... pretty cool how the leaves and gate (or whatever) moves over the content (or off of it).
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I wonder if someone can call that page from a phone or Blackberry and see what it looks like.
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It's a 'meh' design. Personally I find it almost artistic in creativity, as opposed to functional creativity.

I much prefer that corporate look. :P
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The design really has nothing to do with why it's so impressive. :roll:
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That's how it should be done. Unfortunately most clients don't want to pay for an HTML site and a Flash site so it's rarely done properly.
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The Ninja Space Goat wrote:The design really has nothing to do with why it's so impressive. :roll:
+1. Accessibility. It could have been ugly and still got my vote for impressiveness based on usability.
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What exactly is a "'meh' design"? :? :roll:
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meh = so-so.
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:?:
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Dude, scriptaculous is crap if styles are turned off.
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er.. it's the same as the flash site in terms of accessibility. :/
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