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  • Overall Rating3.3 stars

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  • PixieOfDoom Rank: Colonel 7th Jul 2004

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    Good Points: Some pretty pictures, really cool timeline.


    Bad Points: Slow, loads of blank pages if you're browsing in HTML rather than flash.


    General comments: I used to adore U2 back in the 1980s so I decided to have a browse around their homepage. For starters, being on a network connection I tried the flash version of the site. It was so slow I backpaged and decided to use the HTML version instead.

    Then I clicked round the various icons and half the pages contained no information, which was unfortunate. There seem to be a lot of flashy ideas and icons and javascripts, but not much content. When I finally got into the flash version I realised that it's because whoever designed the site decided that anyone using the site in HTML doesn't actually need to see the content, which is clearly ridiculous as many people HATE flash pages (myself included), and would rather have a site that loads quickly and doesn't have all the unnecessary, jumpy graphics. Why bother offering an HTML version if you're not going to put anything on it? It's probably there solely for the search engines and if this is the case, is likely to be penalised by Google in the future for offering NO CONTENT.

    The finished parts of the site are ace. There's some very active message boards, a timeline at the bottom which lists all the important news stories from days of yore, tour dates, etc. and there are loads of pictures.

    Still, it's a bit disappointing when you hoped to see all the lyrics and info about the videos and all you can get are empty pages. Not even an "under construction" message or anything! If it's a choice between slow-loading flash content that takes a good 2 minutes a page to appear and non-existent HTML content, then I'll just go find another site entirely!