This is interesting, Macromedia has put together an online pet store based on Flash MX and ColdFusion MX. And its all documented on all levels. Including preperation, coding and usability. The project has its own “homepage”:
Pet Market Blueprint Application Center
The details:
Designing Application Interfaces with Flash MX
Testing the Blueprint application for usability
And then they got some of the industries best Usability experts to look it over and give their opinion:
Chris MacGregor, Flazoom.com Reviews Pet Market
Jacob Nielsen Reviews Pet Market
Then they take the time to compare the performance of the Pet Market against Java Pet Store and .Net Pet Shop:
Petmarket Performance Benchmarks
Mike Chambers has the full rundown of the links to the various parts of the project. Yes, they have really poured work into this one).
Great work Macromedia!
i think you meant to link to jakcob nielsen’s review of the application and not:
The Pet Market Back Button : Mike Chambers
mike chambers
Yes, you are right. Has fixed it now. Thanks for telling me :-)
Industry’s best usability expert? me!?!
Errr… I’m blushing.
thanks Jarle, you’ve made my day. :)
You are welcome Chris, I trust the check is on the way? *g*
Check… I was going to paypal you.