In 2010/2011 a friend of mine, who’s a photographer, asked me to refurbish his website. Our aim was to give focus to the pictures and only provide slim information, so as not to distract from the pictures. The programming for controlling the gallery was individually done for this project. It took several development cycles until the desired result was achieved. During this period software-testing with a number of people helped us get from our experimental prototypes and scratches to the final gallery.
a picture of the final homepage
It took about four months from the first paper sketches to the final site, with most time used for diverse versions of the gallery. Apart from the graphics and the technical implementation, user interaction had to be observed to make usage more easy and intuitive. Now, even competing methods of input (click/scroll/using arrow keys) can be handled by the gallery software.
Our creative and often experimental approaches made development interesting. A close contact and frequent communication has been vital for the successful implementation. We always found a consensus for features and changes.
By now, the page is not online any more, and I will not develop it any further, as development for the underlying platform (Adobe Flash) has been discontinued on mobile Browsers. More and more people browse the Web on mobile devices these days, so it’s important to be able to serve these visitors as well. However, when development started, the discontinuation was not foreseeable. We chose Adobe Flash Technology because the layout stays consistent and controllable through various screen sizes and devices. Moreover, alternative technologies (HTML/CSS3) were just at the beginning.
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