The ishirdigital.com (BIG) blunder

This is so basic - and makes me wonder. This is a web design and consultancy company. Head over to their homepage, and you will see that they make you “wait” for about 2 minutes until their homepage site content loads. How ridiculous.

To top that - they have inserted a pong game for you to play while you wait!

How ridiculous x 2.

Firstly, making anyone wait for more than 10 to 20 seconds (specially for your first page to load) - is a HUGE put off. To then make them play a game of pong while they wait, makes absolutely no sense. Why the heck would I indulge to play the (first) video game ever made ? While the rules and learning curve for the game are a no-brainer (and probably why they chose to display it) - its damn outright BORING. If you want me to play something and waste my time, at least pick a half decently good game. Solitaire, Tetris, Bejeweled … etc.

This company claims to be doing Web Design, Development and Consultancy etc etc - but, if they can’t get such a basic thing done right, I would strongly advise everyone to stay away from them.

I’m hoping my email to them, makes them remove this landing page tactic, and if you don’t see it on their site anymore - then, they did listen to me :) I’ve inserted a screen shot below, for those who missed it.

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Comment by Kshiraj Telang
2009-01-19 12:43:59

I completely disagree with your opinion. I gave a look at the webpage after your mention and I had no objection with its appearance. Moreover the game kept me involved while the page completed its loading. So if you are that stupid that games are not meant for you, you can go to a porn website while the website loads for you. Come out from 85s dude.

 
Comment by Vishal Lamba
2009-01-19 13:15:25

@kshiraj - where did that one come from?

If you are going to be entertained playing pong - then its YOU who needs to come out of the “85s” !

I think most humans would not want to wait for “minutes” for a webpage to load, and if you or the site developers thought making them play pong was a good idea… you guys need to get a reality check.

WTFig are you talking about porn?? NO relevance at all here.. and its a poor shot….

BTW - I run a gaming company …so I’m definitely not living in the “85s” :)

 
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