That does it. I’m getting a new laptop.
Although it’s been the most wonderful computer I’ve owned in my life, my G4 PowerBook is proving time and time again to be incapable of handling running Adobe CS 3 without some major malfunction. (“What is your major malfunction?!?!?”)
I thought I could get by without the amount of space and memory on my computer, but this is one crash/freeze-up too many that I’ve experienced in the last few weeks, which makes doing any work on this computer near impossible. And don’t even get me started on trying to work Dreamweaver and Flash at the same time. That’s an “unexpected shut down” death screen just waiting to happen.
OK, ranting is done. One of the coolest things I’ve learned from Chianan in the last few weeks is the simple concept of using tables to create so many cool looking websites. Once he showed us how tables operate, it was actually quite easy (and even fun) to revisit some of my favorite websites and try and figure out what kind of table layout was used. Here are some of my favorites:
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Well this has always been one of my favorite sites to visit anyway…now knowing that there is a table involved makes it that much cooler to view! And the flash site on the Color Chart is still there…check it out while you still can!
Los Angeles Philharmonic and Walt Disney Concert Hall In my opinion, the hottest and best-sounding American orchestra out there today. I’ve always loved Esa-Pekka Salonen as both composer and conductor, and now having Gustavo Dudamel on board is another major coup. This site only enhances the “hipness” factor of this group…compare the interactive, bold, and user-friendly nature of their website to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for example, and whoa! It’s really interesting to see how the website is such an important, essential element in reflecting and portraying an organization’s image across to the everyday surfer/listener. Just by looking at these two orchestras’ wildly different homepages (and surfing around both sites), you get a definite sense that these two ensembles see themselves in totally different ways.
B.R. Guest Restaurants A lot of my favorite restaurants in New York can be accessed through this website. Major kudos to the really cool image viewer and the lounge-ish soundtrack.
I’m sorry to hear about your malfunctions! That is so frustrating. But, I do agree that those are some great websites. I also find myself analyzing the tables and flash in websites. And my new favorite hobby is to “view source” and see if I can figure out the code specifics!