Review of MYVUE site
http://www.myvue.com
After reviewing Odeon’s website a
number of issues ago, I thought it was time to review one of the competitors and
this time it is Vue’s site entitled Myvue. This site is designed by Peach
Digital Ltd.
I like the Vue site, it is simple,
quick and easy – it’s very much a case of click n’ go. The home page on your
first visit (shown above), simply presents you with a list of all the locations
of Vue sites which means that you can save your local site for the next time
(via the use of a cookie). If you are not sure of your local site then there is
a cinema finder page where you can put your postcode in to find your nearest Vue
– my closest appears to be about 3.40 miles away!! There is also a poster for
the current big film release and an advert for one of the new
sites.
Once you select your cinema it
takes you to a page which displays the current films which are being screened,
along with the time. For those of you who care whether a movie is being screened
in either film or digital format then this is mentioned in the title (it’s
interesting to see the list of films at the completely digital Vue in
Booking a ticket through this site
is quick, easy and straightforward. Once you have gone through the online
process, an email quickly appears in your inbox. Picking the ticket up at the
cinema is also quick and easy.
The week which I looked at the
website, there was an advert for Sweeney Todd, the image changes each week to
reflect the current big release. The Sweeney Todd image is very black,
unfortunately when you enter the site and select a website the bottom navigation
disappears as the text is the same colour as the background image and the image
doesn’t quite fit the screen anymore. I checked this issue in both Firefox and
Internet Explorer. However, it does appear that this doesn’t seem to be such an
issue when the screen is set at a lower screen resolution.
From the bottom menu there are a
number of useful links to the Corporate Vue website, which gives background
information on the company, a helpful FAQ and a careers site, where people who
are interested in working for the company are able to see all the current
vacancies across the country, or individual region.
What is nice to see is that at the
bottom of each screen of cinema information, after the adverts for kids clubs,
preview screenings and other film promotion information, there is a link to the
MediCinema, which Vue supports. For people who don’t know this a charity which
runs fully operational cinemas within hospitals for patience to go to. It is
well worth a look at, but it is great that Vue provide such a large footprint to
the charity on their website.
The text only site is nice to look
at, easy to operate. The site has a good amount of the vital metadata within the
home page. The only annoying thing for me is the menu, which follows you down
the page as you scroll. This is very irritating if you are using a screen
smaller than 1023 x 768, and even when you are it still
is.
This is a nice website, well
designed, easy to use and functional.
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Download Times: [Not available on
this website].
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Connection
Rate |
Download
Time |
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14.4K |
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28.8K |
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33.6K |
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56K |
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ISDN
128K |
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T1
1.44Mbps |
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Navigation:
****
Good Design:
****
Updates:
*****
Content
*****
Download Speed: n/a
Overall:
******
Overall: I love this site, and it
works well. The biggest announce is the wondering side
menu.
Testing
Information:
This site is tested using a laptop
at 1024 x 768 resolution running Windows XP, Firefox Version 2.0.0.6 and
Internet Explorer 7 over an 8Mb Broadband connection. The site is also now being
tested on an Asus EEE PC. For the text only test Lynx on a Linux Server is used.
A website entitled WebSiteOptimization.com is used to test
the web site to calculate the download
speeds.
