Looks terrible on Chrome anyway, very slow too. I'm rarely on it in any case. I get all my Connacht news from you guys! Much more reliable!

No credit being given by me. All I see if LOADING.

Credit where its due, i was on the site today for the first time in a while and there has been a great improvement. No speed issues whatsoever and the dreaded "loading" is now gone.

Slow for me also, 70sec at last count. mind you i only have a 2MB connection but have no issues streaming or with other sites.

Any page that starts with "loading" & a percentage counter is done for. It has all the hallmarks of been done by a company overloaded with graphic designers (have experience of this) and if there are issues with different browsers then there UAT testing was exceptionally poor.

I wouldn't be overly concerned though, if Alex Saul is monitoring there analytics (if there not, its unforgivable)then it should become apparent very soon if there are major issues or just a few.

was designed by a 3 year old.....terrible shite

Counting from when the loading screen first appears it took thirty seconds for me in FF on an 30M connection. It doesn't bother me hugely but its still a bit mad.

I'm in two minds about the site, it does have all the most recent info immediately available which I like, on the other hand Nathan White is trying to steal my dreams in the right hand corner.

Its very bouncy to the point where the lineout jumper (heenan? browne?) can catch the ball if you scroll the right speed. Dunno if that appeals to some or not. Actually there's even more of those 3d graphics which I imagine is partly why its so slow to load.

Personally I like to see the player stats and be able to compare them, the Leinster site is the best for this as you can click multiple players and compare side by side I believe. The squad pages are interesting but I'd prefer a breakdown of the appearances/minutes and such like other teams have.

TLDR mixed bag I guess.

salmson wrote: I'm finding it variably loads in a couple of seconds, or not at all. I certainly don't have a poor connection.

I've had no issues with the website not loading since it went live. I'm not saying it doesnt happen, but I haven't seen it. I will agree it's slow. As i said, 6 seconds for me, and I think that's poor

I'm finding it variably loads in a couple of seconds, or not at all. I certainly don't have a poor connection.

Edit:

Over fibre in the office using FF 17 ESR - won't load. On IE 8 (same connection, laptop) loads in <15 seconds. On Chrome on my Android phone, over a phone signal (not wifi) it loads in seconds.

Looks like a browser thing.

sneeze wrote: The purpose of a website is to provide up to date, easily accessible and accurate information to users and not a vehicle for designers to display their "Flash" skills. On average it has taken about 1m 40s for the site to load initially. When you finally get in the navigation is terrible. I don't want to see flashy image scrolling making me dizzy - I want to see the information I'm looking for. Searched in vain yesterday for the Eagles fixtures. May well be there hidden among the dross. Found them in seconds on Irish Rugby. Overall - not fit for purpose.

I'm sorry, but I'm calling bullshit on this.
I decided to test the website myself.
It's slow to open, yes. It took 6 seconds, so either you have a poor internet connection, or a dodgy watch
With regards to finding the Eagles fixtures, they were simple to find. I clicked Match Centre - Eagles Fixtures.

I dont know what category you expect to find them under, but for me, they are exactly where I'd expect to find them.

So many people on here love to complain

The purpose of a website is to provide up to date, easily accessible and accurate information to users and not a vehicle for designers to display their "Flash" skills. On average it has taken about 1m 40s for the site to load initially. When you finally get in the navigation is terrible. I don't want to see flashy image scrolling making me dizzy - I want to see the information I'm looking for. Searched in vain yesterday for the Eagles fixtures. May well be there hidden among the dross. Found them in seconds on Irish Rugby. Overall - not fit for purpose.

sea_point wrote:

Fourdogs wrote: Anyone else having problems getting items in the About section (DIRECTIONS, Supporters Club, STAFF, JOBS, CONTACT) to open ?????

What Browser are you using, seems fine on IE & Chrome...??

Firefox OK as well

Fourdogs wrote: Anyone else having problems getting items in the About section (DIRECTIONS, Supporters Club, STAFF, JOBS, CONTACT) to open ?????

What Browser are you using, seems fine on IE & Chrome...??

Anyone else having problems getting items in the About section (DIRECTIONS, Supporters Club, STAFF, JOBS, CONTACT) to open ?????

It looks nice, but from a usability point of view that website is awful.

Click on a news item and you're scrolled down to a news section. Click back and you're not back to where you started. Navigation 101, guys.

Scrolling down the page is not well calculated. I'm sure they had a great idea for sections, but in Chrome at least it doesn't work. At all.

Clicking on the Topic links for "Ticket", "News", "TV" etc works well. It's as if they expect people to only click on those links instead of scrolling. Very poorly thought out.

On the whole all mouth and no trousers.

Snazzy. I like it on the desktop, though I am not a fan of Flash. Armour are a Galway based design company as well so that's nice to see.

The mobile version is cool too, although if you are using it on a tablet and want to use the desktop version it is quite hefty.

sea_point wrote:

galway_gas wrote: New Connacht desktop and mobile websites released this morning. Once I got used to the sea sickness I came around to liking both ..........until I realised the link to the Clan website was missing ........new policy or omission??

No, it's still there. Once you get familiar with the new layout you'll find it...

Click on "About" and there's a Tab for Supporters Club....

Got it thanks. Moan withdrawn.