SCAN's New Web Site - Launched Today

[ChrisP]

We have launched the NEW SITE AT 9 AM.

WE WILL BE MAKING TWEAKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Of course this is a brand new site, so we expect there to be some issues, which will be ironed out as we come across them.

We appreciate any feedback from the members of the bit tech community.

Please raise any feedback constructively and for any issues please explain the issue clearly in your post or you can PM one the MODS.

Any issues will be placed on a "to do" list and we will prioritise them accordingly, once logged please be patient to allow us to implement the changes.

A lot of time, care and consideration has been put into the new site and we hope you all enjoy our creation ...



Best Regards

[Mankz]

TBH, I preferred the old one. I don't like the filtering options at all.

[bumfluff]

I think I agree with Mankz

[Bindibadgi]

It looks much cleaner and smarter - has my vote. All you have to do is get used to it

[mushky]

Hmmm not sure. I like the layout, but the first thing I was looking for was a Samsung HDD, with no option to choose a particular manufacturer.

[xrob]

man they really need to hire some decent web developers, navigation is terrible.

[BioSniper]

Eugh, it reminds me of the Novatech site which is terrible to navigate at the best of times.

While I appreciate the more simple filtering (tbh the old system was pretty bad) this isn't really all that much better as there is now now filtering my manufacturer. As with Mushky I like to jump straight to a brand in a specific hardware type, for instance when buying a mainboard I know I want to buy a Gigabyte/Asus/Abit/Foxconn/whatever and want to jump straight to that not trawl through all the options of possibilities for 775 socket boards.

[Hg]

it will take a bit to get use to, i like the large product image list etc, but perfered the old menu system with scroll overs on the product ranges which then opened a sub menu with the items broken down it groups

[will.]

Don't like it.

Big dirty drop shadows are definitely not cheesecake!
Messy, confusing layout. Terrible, seriously terrible!

This looks like it's either an old template that's been hacked together to work with the new system or like it's been designed by a programmer who knows how to photoshop effects.

How can such a big popular shop get such a massive part of their business so completely wrong? I don't get it!

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

It looks much cleaner and smarter - has my vote. All you have to do is get used to it

Really? Paid for by the bum licking for pennies society perchance?

I'd start over to be honest.

[Paradigm Shifter]

It takes more time and more mouse clicks to get to products now. Overall, I preferred the old site, but there are a few little tweaks that look like they could be useful (quick add item, for example).

[LeMaltor]

I'm blobbed my a list of everything O_O

[will.]

Originally Posted by Timmy_the_tortoise

I don't use Scan. I find Ebuyer to be cheaper.

Ebuyer have done a great job with their new website actually. They were all about the generic crappy template for a long time but then someone must have given them a kick because it works really well now. It's nothing too exciting, but you know it's ebuyer and everything is pretty easy to use. Also, one of the few shops to realise that widescreens make all 100% fluid layouts far to huge to use.

[Bindibadgi]

Originally Posted by will.

Really? Paid for by the bum licking for pennies society perchance?

I'd start over to be honest.

Go away with your fickle BS - I genuinely like it, it's cleaner and newer and it just takes some getting used to that's all. I agree with what people have said on the navigation side, but I respect that constructive critisism is better than just poo-pooing something because it's new. Scan have said that they are in the process of changing things and if stuff like manufacturer searching isn't put in (it needs it) when the final cut happens then we have the right to moan

[Timmy_the_tortoise]

I always thought Scan looked a little bit.. well, cheap.. sort of.. not particularly trustworthy.. and the navigation was never brilliant. However, the new look is definitely a step in the right direction.

[whisperwolf]

they only thing i'm not liking currently is that the front page (computer hardware tab) doesn't seem to fit on my works 1280*800 laptop screen when using I.E.6 have to scroll little bit left and right. its fine on the other tabs though.

[Silver51]

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

Go away with your fickle BS - I genuinely like it, it's cleaner and newer and it just takes some getting used to that's all. I agree with what people have said on the navigation side, but I respect that constructive critisism is better than just poo-pooing something because it's new. Scan have said that they are in the process of changing things and if stuff like manufacturer searching isn't put in (it needs it) when the final cut happens then we have the right to moan

Not to moo like a sheep, but I'm not liking it as it is.

* Frontpage - Eyes are greeted with a list rather than a header image. There's no focal point and I find that I'm searching for all navigation options before clicking on something.

* Navigation system - Is strange, clicking on notebooks then filtering by screen size feels unnatural. I used the Firefox search option to find 'eee' then '900'. I think non-tech people like my mum would find this a little daunting.

Having said that, I like the fact that the design is simple, clean white and blue. Drop shadow needs to be offset a bit and the main navigation menu could be brought in line with the lower columns. Overclockers and Aria have good nav systems, with aria's product tab bringing up a list of icons for components. I love the component icons, it makes it so much quicker to find stuff.

[Bindibadgi]

Originally Posted by Silver51

Not to moo like a sheep, but I'm not liking it as it is.

* Frontpage - Eyes are greeted with a list rather than a header image. There's no focal point and I find that I'm searching for all navigation options before clicking on something.

* Navigation system - Is strange, clicking on notebooks then filtering by screen size feels unnatural. I used the Firefox search option to find 'eee' then '900'. I think non-tech people like my mum would find this a little daunting.

Having said that, I like the fact that the design is simple, clean white and blue. Drop shadow needs to be offset a bit and the main navigation menu could be brought in line with the lower columns. Overclockers and Aria have good nav systems, with aria's product tab bringing up a list of icons for components. I love the component icons, it makes it so much quicker to find stuff.

That's completely fair as long as the feedback is constructive not "OMFG start again"

I do agree completely with the notes you've pointed out, but I found the old design very cluttered and messy whereas this one is a much fresher.

[will.]

I agree there is more space, but it seems to lack structure so that extra space is just confusing. Content areas blend together. I completely agree with the principle of the new design but there is no doubt that it has been executed badly. There are plenty of websites that do it brilliantly and there isn't anything wrong with taking inspiration from them. I don't like Amazon's latest redesign either. It's like a step backwards to the 90's.

And I wasn't being non-constructive, I have made genuine comments. I just think that sometimes you cannot make tweaks to fix a fundamentally broken design. Starting again with a website doesn't have to mean back-end development has to start again, it could even be a case of a new stylesheet on the existing html, but in my opinion it does need it!

Originally Posted by me

Really? Paid for by the bum licking for pennies society perchance?

Apologies about ^ by the way Bindibadgi, shouldn't have said that.

[cpemma]

Originally Posted by BioSniper

...there is now no filtering by manufacturer. As with Mushky I like to jump straight to a brand in a specific hardware type, for instance when buying a mainboard I know I want to buy a Gigabyte/Asus/Abit/Foxconn/whatever and want to jump straight to that...

On motherboards, ticking 'Socket 775 - Intel P31 / P35' and entering 'Asus' in the search box just below that panel doesn't do what one might expect. 183 results, including laptops, graphics cards, etc. A "whole site" search box shouldn't be positioned there, it's misleading, and misleading = annoying.

[lworbey]

It's a bit frustrating that the search seems to be slower and if you want to sort by price you have to do it for each group of items but apart from that its not too bad.

Will be good once you can view old orders again, I was told this feature has been requested when I rang to ask!