wtf is this?!? Oh it's SFU.ca in Firefox 2.0!
When the new SFU website first came out, I was pissed off that it was completely unusable in Firefox 2.0--yes I know, it works fine in Firefox 1.5, the version of Firefox installed in the computers of SFU. I thought, no biggie, they are going to fix it eventually.
Man was I naive!
Being in my final year, I decide to do SFU a favour and submit to them some feedback on their website. I even sent them a screenshot of sfu.ca loaded up in Firefox 2.0, which is nothing but a useless array of red, white, and grey boxes. In addition, I also commented on their navigational menu system. I hate this type of menu system as much as I hate bananas. The gist of the concept is this: first, hover your pointer over a part of the main menu and a new sub-menu will open up. You then move your pointer to the sub-menu, click on a link and be sent merrily on to your destination. Except sometimes, while moving your pointer to the sub-menu, you accidentally move your pointer to an adjacent item on the main menu, thus changing the sub-menu to another one.
Okay, maybe it's just me; maybe my ability to move a mouse pointer horizontally sucks. However, having met a lot of computer illiterate adults, I bet this absurd game of "chase the sub-menu" happens quite frequently. This menu style sucks and SFU should not be using it.
Looking at the site in IE7, I think there is a fair bit of mystery meat navigation on the main page. There isn't any consistency on the font-style of links. It also should conduct a complete site audit to pick out all the pages that are still using the old template. Like this.
Edited on 12/5/2007:
After an email exchange with Steve, my year long problems with the new SFU website is finally resolved. It turns out it has to do with the Adblock extension and a badly named script file on SFU's part. The javascript file located at /js/dynamic/banner.js got blocked by adblock. Whitelisting the SFU domain solved the problem.
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Hi Raymond I was studying and looking for ideas when I accidentally stumbled on your blog. I thought it was something else but I hope you don't mind.
I am working to try to be accepted into the actuarial science program this year, taking ACMA 210 in SFU. I read some of your blog posts and I think they are awesome.
Thanks a lot. I am having doubts about myself and your posts really inspire me to be better and work harder. I might not be able to get in this year but I will definitely try harder next year.
Once again, thanks. Good luck on your career and keep on posting!
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