i really like the intro page to obama's site, and am debating doing something similar to ease people into a site that has a lot of information. what's nice is that it's easy to skip if people aren't interested in "joining the movement". so, i'm wondering, is an intro page annoying? or can it helpful in cases where the home page tends to get cluttered? maybe i'm way off and this is simply a PR push that has nothing to do with usability? any thoughts? thanks!
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I'm not a huge fan of intro pages, particularly with flash animation, as I tend to be more of a "get to the information" type of girl. I'm also a particularly big hater of Barack Obama's Web site, which I think is deliberately deceptive in trying to get your information by hiding the "Skip Signup" button in blue on the bottom, and making the "Learn More" button a bright red. I always want to click the "Learn More" button because I do want to 'learn more,' so to speak, and I have to remind myself to go to the bottom navigation.
But let me tell you how I really feel... :P
I'm not a big fan either. Especially when intro pages take forever to load, when they have animation/video or song. I can see why I'd be tempted to use one thoug, from a designer's perspective, it would be a ton easier to create a clean, uncluttered, branded "into" page than the index page.
I don't think that the intro page particularly helps ease the viewer ease into a more complicated page, I almost think it's confusing because you wonder where all of the sections are that you expected to see when you click on a website. I would say stick with a more traditional homepage!
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