UBB.Developers Forums General Discussion Chit Chat A hypothetical question

Let's say that you sit down in front of your computer and open the browser. You are looking for a new internet experience. What would a site have to present you with to really get and hold your attention?

Graphics?

Audio?

Forums?

What type of content?

What would you like to see that you've never found at sites you visit now?

What sites have you happened across lately that really struck you as unique?

Graphics would definately make the experiance a good one... Auto is good but only when its good audio... Like constant music that doens't get on your nerves and that plays even while pages load... Like by putting the script in the main frame... And recently because i know html i've been looking for a site where people who are starting web pages (like fan pages or game pages or non profit pages) but need a partner (for free) to help them out post msgs. I know how to make good webpages i just have ZERO contentability for them. But unfortunately i haven't found any site like this... and if i did come by one of these sites i'd have to kiss the webmaster...

Anything like that would be good... A forum where people post there webpage wants and then people make the general layout for them and the person picks the best one or something along these lines... For graphics to... I'm actually dissapointed at the amount of requests in the graphic section of this page... 1 or two people always get there befor me...

Content would be my first thing I notice, what sort of content, how much content, is it good content or crap etc. etc.
Second would be the Sites Looks, as in Graphics, Layout and Design. Is it a copied layout? Is it the "Same old thing" etc. etc.

things i never seen before

Graphics?
Yes. I think a site without graphics make it bland and very un-unique (is that a word?)
On my site, the one thing it's lacking, in my opinion, is graphics. But if I tried to make graphics to put on the site, it'd just mess up everything.

Audio?
NO! That bothers the crap out of me, trying to listen to music on my computer and visiting a site with annoying music in the background. Uhg!

Forums?
Yeah, a good way to interact.

What type of content?
Something I've never seen before.

What would you like to see that you've never found at sites you visit now?
More interactivty. I try to use a lot at my site.

What sites have you happened across lately that really struck you as unique?
http://www.avius.ws

Graphics? Yes, definitely!

Audio? It matters even more than graphics, I don't visit sites with audio .

Forums? Not really...

What type of content? Original.

What would you like to see that you've never found at sites you visit now? The newest vB for download just kidding, I guess I'd like to see a very original look for the forums. (even though there are atleast 3 some original ones in the current spotlight, IMO, but I mean something that might change the forums' future, like UBB's flat [not unlike mysql, unlike threaded] show idea)

What sites have you happened across lately that really struck you as unique? www.msn.com . I know you (and I) hate Microsoft, but their portal is cute!

Thanks for the great answers. I don't hate Microsoft though, I've been making my living knowing their OS's since DOS 1.0 when it was first released on cassette. Yeah, the original PC was available with a cassette drive and I had one.

Another question though if you would, can you post links to sites that grabbed your attention visually the very first time you opened their home page. The first impression you got before you even knew what they had to offer content wise.

And audio is something that I have never put in any of my sites. I leave the sound turned off on my laptop just because of how annoying it can be when surfing the net doing research for my job.

Like I already said:
http://www.avius.ws
Has a really original design. Not much content, but I think the guy's in college.

Another one is:
http://www.spoono.com
The site is down right now (Should be back up in March), but when it is back up, check it out... awesome design.

Spoono have been one of my favorites for quite some time...very well done site.

This site totally sliped my mind. :rolleyes: Theres not much content because its this guys portfolio. He did a layout for me a little over a year and a half ago. (rctcentral.com was the url its been down for a long time... Nobody would have happened to gone to it befor woudl they?) This was befor i really knew much about html or the webber-net... Its great stuff check it out and tell me what you think, i think its amazing as far as the graphics go...

Check him out right here...

I'd say this is the site that most caught my attention.

Graphics: It's got to be fast...I don't have the patience to wait for an entire page of graphics to load...granted with cable it isn't as much a problem it used to be. Just don't stream anything

Audio: What? You mean I would actually enable the audio on my computer...that's a thought

Forums: If I'm new to a site, than I probably won't bother...no, it's not newbie fear, but, there are other things I look at before I wander off to converse with people I'll never know

What type of content: If it wasn't what I was looking for, then 'm gone. Have to have good content.

What would you like to see that you've never found at sites you visit now: What I'm looking for Seriously though. There is a lot of junk out there on the net. Every 13 yeaar who can write meta tags will lure you to their crummy site. Whatever interest your site is focusing on, try to make sure you cover it well, and execute it well. Most of all, make it clean and easy to use.

What sites have you happened across lately that really struck you as unique: Can't say I've seen anything that jumps at me. Guess I don't go to cool sites