posted on February 3, 2001 07:34:11 AM new
Ok maybe it's just me, but I am sick and tired of javascript in the auctions listings. I was surfing around the other day trying to find a digital camera. I clicked into a listing and as soon as the page loaded, there was a URL following my pointer around. I chuckled to myself thinking that this is interesting, so I continued to read the description. Then the background started to move up and down which slowed things down considerably. Then they had these pop-up windows saying "BID NOW!" When I finnally decided to end this misery and bid, a alert box popped up saying "Are you sure". Ok! I can see that people are trying to make a impression, but come on!!! If anything you'll be driving people away from all the confustion.
I've started playing around with Javascript about a month ago, and there are some pretty cool things that you can do with it. But please keep it simple! Does anyone out there share my opinion or am I alone in the universe?
posted on February 3, 2001 07:37:00 AM new
Some javascript, like what you are mentioning, crashes my computer. If I go into an auction and it starts making my computer "churn" I hurry and get the heck out of there.
Did this person have a lot of bids? Doesn't sound like they would.
posted on February 3, 2001 07:43:11 AM new
There is one seller who is losing a number of bids from me because of the JAVA.
His auctions were taking forever to load on a T1 connection and locking my system.
I was finally able to look at the source and he has it loaded with images (easily 15 to a auction) with the script to disable right clicking to save the images.
I understand him not wanting anyone to easily lift the images but I wish he would fix the script codes.
I thought ebay didn't allow JAVA, but I guess that rule went the way of many others.
posted on February 3, 2001 09:55:44 AM new
pineyhurst, java and javascript are two different things, just don't ask me to explain the difference, lol.
Some people get easily disturbed, so the real question for a seller wants to ask before putting javascript onto their listing is, "who is my target group and are they more inclined to bid if I use it." For the one potential bidder you lose, you might gain one, and the one you gain may bid more than the other person you lost.
Johnson and Johnson did a test study on using javascript pop-up windows on sites rather than banner ads, and saw a 5x increase of people buying or getting more info on their product. So it appears javascript is beneficial and worth considering to use for yourself.
posted on February 3, 2001 12:51:02 PM new
We use Java on our web site, to an extend, and we use music. We have never had a complaint, and our web site has been up and active for 4 years. Now we don't use gimmicky pop up windows and such, but more professional looking Java.
WHATwe have found slows down most ad loads on eBay is huge pictures, AND/OR huge pictures which the seller hasn’t optimized. Optimizing will drop your picture down load time enormously.
