Avid website starts to get redesigned - much better

[nst7]

Avid's website is starting to get a makeover, and I think it looks very nice. Right now it's mainly in the product descriptions, and some aspects of support, hopefully more to follow. Check out how it's all laid out:

http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/Pro-Tools

[Darryl Ramm]

I was just looking at that after seeing the facebook post, and it is very clean lookign with pretty good/clear highlighting of the features. Very well done Avid.

While I like that a lot of the support content is reachable from the main web area. I'm hoping that Avid will do a significant overhaul of the support material and knowledgeable to make important things more obvious for new/confused users (product compatibility, requirements, platform optimizations etc.) and overall everything else just easier to find. e.g. my example there is a new user trying to work out what disk they can use on Windows and Mac systems. How many clicks does it take them to find that info and how confused will they be at the end. And I wish Avid would not bury the link to get help if you are having registration problems in small type at the bottom of the registration page. Put it somewhere really visible, and likewise make it obvious near the top level of the support tree that hardware repair/return don't need an ASC. Again and again users keep having problems with all these things and there is just no reason that should still be happening - it should have been designed out of the Website/support knowledgeable etc. years ago.

Darryl

[Darryl Ramm]

It is also kind of weird that the HD IO section is missing the main HD interface boxes like the 16x16 etc. and only describes the 1U form factor products, and it shows two Sync HD product entries and some wrong product images....

Darryl

[DJ Hellfire]

I personally hate these redesigns. Looks good, but it's always hard to find stuff you used to know the location of!

[Oblivion777]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

It is also kind of weird that the HD IO section is missing the main HD interface boxes like the 16x16 etc. and only describes the 1U form factor products, and it shows two Sync HD product entries and some wrong product images....

Darryl

Well I'm sure such glitches are to be expected when you launch a new re-designed website. No matter how many people look at it before approval some mistakes always slip through. And the more info (or in this case products) you have, the easier it is to miss certain mistakes.

[Bill Denton]

Think you now Mbox?

Anybody else see this...I think it should be "know"...

[Buccanears]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

Think you now Mbox?

Anybody else see this...I think it should be "know"...

Mbox's may have become self aware and it's the beginning of SkyNet.

[DigiTechSupt]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

Think you now Mbox?
Anybody else see this...I think it should be "know"...

Reported to the web team, thanks!

[Bill Denton]

Originally Posted by Buccanears

Mbox's may have become self aware and it's the beginning of SkyNet.

Hey...if that means I get to spend a night or two with Linda Hamilton (or Claire Danes)...

[tamasdragon]

I've only spent a few minutes browsing the site and it is much more user friendly. One way or another I always found what I'd been looking for, but now it is easier, more logical.