Hi All
I would like to comment publicly on this site.
1. I'm impressed with the record photography. Doing that much photography
must be a major logistical problem.
2. When browsing through the object hierarchy, there is no feedback
(such as a breadcumb trail) as to *where* one is in the hierarchy.
This means that one has to actively remember what part of the
category that the objects are from. This is fine if one knows about
the different types of object (or material, or period or place),
but leaves one at a loss otherwise.
3. The so-called "image rotation" is just a gimmick. It only works in IE.
I use FireFox, and when I cut and pasted the URL for a picture into IE 6,
and then tried to rotate the image, I laughed :) Somehow I don't think
that a simple image rotate by 90 degrees was what I expected. I know that
this was the phrase used but it may generate expectations that the view
*of the object* would be rotated.
Apart from these aspects, I like what I have seen so far.
Michael
At 11:45 2004-06-11 +0100, you wrote:
>The Petrie Museum website has just been relaunched: www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk
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>The new site includes:
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>- Arabic translation of the top pages
>- all 80,000 objects online with images (one of the largest illustrated
>online museum catalogues available)
>- improved catalogue search facilities, with browse option for non-
>specialist users
>- direct access to Digital Egypt for Universities: a 3000 page learning and
>teaching resource based on the collection
>- downloadable resources for teachers and students
>- online opinion polls on topical issues
>
>We know there are many ways in which the site can be improved and welcome
>feedback on all aspects of it. Please contact [log in to unmask]
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