New maccosmetics.com website

[peacelover18]

WACK.


I'm not in the habit of using out-of-date phrases regularly, but I think that description applies well to this new site.


I don't understand the point of having a search function if it won't take you directly to the item you're searching for.

 

[macaddict83]

The new site makes my eyes hurt- seriously! I can not stand the entirely black background, egads! I am going to voice my concern for the overly tacky flash-ness during business hours tomorrow. ARG!

Also, I agree with the fact that they need to have a link that says "View website in HTML" That would take away half of my peeve.

Hope they can work the kinks out....PRO site still seems to be okay though. we shall see.

 

[TISH1124]

uGGGHHHHH I really liked the look.....But I went to order something and it kept popping up something else...User Friendly it is NOT!! Exit....
I ordered from Nordies and scheduled a store pick up I got so frustrated!

 

[Face2Mac]

What the hell is going to happen for HK. On my APPLE, this thing is not user-friendly, too much damn flash and ev1 doesn't have the capacity or program, I do but jeez.

Oh but love the artist videos, that is sweet, they make it look so effortless.

 

[lesreid2]

I don't care for it at ALL. I liked the old site better. The e/s thing with the little color boxes is ridiculous. I liked just being able to see the swatches by the name of the color. SO disappointing

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by Winthrop44 ETA: Not just my computer. Here's an excerpt from a Live Chat I just did: Gail: Hi, How would I add a shade to my bag after looking it up with the search feature on the new web site? Taniesha: Hi Gail! Gail: If I type in Myth, for example, it comes up in the middle column but I can't do anything with it... Taniesha: Regrettably, there is no way to add it to your bag using that method. It has to be found by looking for the product under the product type & then scrolling to find the colour.

i agree! what the fuck's the point in having a search field if you can't bag the item straight from there!? the only way to bag it is to actually search for it yourself through the maze of colors. and if you don't know what the color looks like, you only know the name, it makes the whole thing retardedly pointless.

apparently, if you only know the name, the search field will give you an idea of what the color looks like, then you can search for it yourself.

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore Carbon is there. It is on the bottom row, next to Star by Night. You can't see it as it is a black swatch on a black background. That was a genius plan. Genius, I tell you! lol

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore Oh, just realized we also lost our Triangle of Death. Now we can't tell what is LE or being DCd.

yeah, this part is annoying. now you're not gonna know that you can only purchase it for a limited time. people are gonna think its always available.

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Originally Posted by IndustrialIrene i dont like it. not all of the eyeshadows are being shown. what really getting me mad is macpro. none of the pro eyeshadows are showing and the refill pans arent there!!! wtf!

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Originally Posted by IndustrialIrene let me correct myself. there are NO pro items being shown on the macpro website. -_- they better fix both the websites. its getting me aggravated that i cant see all of the products

there there.

they're there now. sorry, i just had to.

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Originally Posted by Wicked Lovely If i click on the swatches i see there description right underneath the color name and swatch for example if i click on Nocturnelle its comes up with the description Pinked-up chrome purple (Frost).Thats what you mean by its description correct? I have to disagree with the swatches being wrong mostly because are computers are all different because ive searched mac on a million different computers and there always the same.More then anything i think they should have worked on making there swatches more correct for those who shop online because theres no local mac.For example the nail color asiatique swatch shows as a hot pink color but its actually a classic red.And it shows hot pink on everyones computers does it not? lol I think they have added better features then what the old site had but also they have taken away the features that were good from the old site.It might be slightly complicated an not user friendly but thats because its brand new i think.Soon you will be familiar with it and wont notice a difference and also hopefully they will work out some of the kinks.And to the ones that like that MAC PRO hasnt changed im assuming that site will change to this format quickly.

i've always said that the color pics are gonna be off no matter what, but the desciptions are dead on! if you're good at picturing descriptions in your head, you won't go wrong.

so far, all the pics are dead on on my computer, with the exception of heat/element MES, which looks more like illusionary/burning ambition MES. i don't know how that happened!

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC I love the girl blowing glitter from her lips, and the brush swirling glitter all around. They know what girls like to see lol

that's the best part!!! i saw it and was like, "oooh, glitter!

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[rocking chick]

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Originally Posted by lesreid2 I don't care for it at ALL. I liked the old site better. The e/s thing with the little color boxes is ridiculous. I liked just being able to see the swatches by the name of the color. SO disappointing

Yup I agree

 

[enigmatic]

I'm on the fence. Visually, it looks great. As for navigating and being user-friendly... Eh. I've always kind of liked the simplicity of the old layout, personally.

 

[Susanne]

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore Carbon is there. It is on the bottom row, next to Star by Night. You can't see it as it is a black swatch on a black background. That was a genius plan. Genius, I tell you! lol

 

[SMMY]

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Originally Posted by macaddict83 The new site makes my eyes hurt- seriously! I can not stand the entirely black background, egads! I am going to voice my concern for the overly tacky flash-ness during business hours tomorrow. ARG! Also, I agree with the fact that they need to have a link that says "View website in HTML" That would take away half of my peeve. Hope they can work the kinks out....PRO site still seems to be okay though. we shall see.

This is the key thing for me. There is a reason why you don't see any mainstream online shopping sites with a black background. Whats the thing every retailer wants its customer base to do? Spend lots of time (online) browsing the merchandise. Why? Because then they will more than likely end up buying more merchandise (yay for impulse shopping!) than if they just shop and go. Colors combos like black backgrounds/white letters are a terrible combo on a web site. It isn't a soothing color combo and the contrast is harsh on the eyes in very short order. It is the number on nono in most web designers books and should only be seen on a tweener's my space pages, followed by many annoying, flashing, glittery web chotchkeys and embedded muzak.

I used to browse at the MAC site for fun, can't see doing that now. I'm sure they'll fix some of the bugs, but I am seriously dismayed that it was such poorly executed web design. The old cliché applies here that form should always follow function. This is a case were the eye candy actually gets in the way of the shopping, which is unthinkable to me as a MAC fan.

I can take the bad economy
I can take the myriad of bad news facing this country
But ruining my MAC shopping experience, well that's just like communism or something.

 

[TheeBettyBoop]

I luv it, the pictures look awesome (HD) and the website more modern. I had no problem with the loading, same as always-fast. But once again, I have a big screen and fast internet.

 

[coachkitten]

I am not excited that they changed the site at all but I am also NOT a fan of change. I am SURE that I will get used to it and I am SURE that in a few months I will love it but for now I really, really dislike it.

 

[Zantedge]

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Originally Posted by SMMY This is the key thing for me. There is a reason why you don't see any mainstream online shopping sites with a black background. Whats the thing every retailer wants its customer base to do? Spend lots of time (online) browsing the merchandise. Why? Because then they will more than likely end up buying more merchandise (yay for impulse shopping!) than if they just shop and go. Colors combos like black backgrounds/white letters are a terrible combo on a web site. It isn't a soothing color combo and the contrast is harsh on the eyes in very short order. It is the number on nono in most web designers books and should only be seen on a tweener's my space pages, followed by many annoying, flashing, glittery web chotchkeys and embedded muzak.

I actually prefer black backgrounds. It's one of the main reasons I use Blackle instead of Google. I have sensitive eyes and white is too harsh for me sometimes.

Guess everyone's different...

 

[wifey806]

oooh me likey! sexy layout! can't wait for them to enchance the pro site <3

 

[Snowy_z]

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Originally Posted by Blushbaby I'm in the UK and I can't view it! Grrr!

Me too, how do i view it???

 

[TamEva Le Fay]

I LOVE IT!!!

It's about time they entered the 21st century!

Yeah, I agree, though it has some kinks.

Technically, they're, mostly, using a grey colored font, except for title headings, against a very, very dark grey background with shadow effects - not black - which is supposed to be ergonomically correct.

The lack of (LE) or "Out of Stock" symbols is going to drive me to drink!

Considering the last time I checked there are, at least, 10 brushes out of stock!

The "Starflashes" are the only e/s that didn't get formulation descriptions!

They still have the formulations screwed up on French Cuff and 100 Strokes!

I love the drop 'n' drag feature to put together looks - that is awesome, but it was a high price to pay to sacrifice the beloved "alphabetical order" and "formulation" organizer. That came in handy sometimes when you're learning colors and formulations.

It will be a lot harder for newbies to acquaint themselves to all "467 eye shades"!

...just kidding...it's not funny!

You have to remember their old swatch blocks weren't all that great to begin with they were always two shades too light and you never got a good sense of the colors anyway until you clicked onto the descriptions.

I Love the Artist features...but why was Fatima using 5 different brushes to do a red lip???

Bottom Line:

A+ for Effort

B- for Execution

C- for Efficiency & Continuity

 

[melissy]

not sure if someone already wrote this or not which they probably have lol. The canada page still looks like the way the old mac page use to be. I like both though.

 

[melissy]

hey guys i am in canada and could not click on country chooser either to view it so i just googled it. this is the link i got M·A·C Cosmetics | and you should be able to see the mac US site from this link

 

[thisisuzy]

Anyone who played a part in the new maccosmetics.com needs to be fired immediately. It's awful. It's slow-loading on one of the fastest computers on the market. There are so many kinks in the site I'm surprised they let it go live.

MAC just lost my business, as the nearest MAC counter is 8 hours away and my main shopping is done online.

It's just too bad the design is so horrid. There are some interesting features, like the videos, but the site is so poorly designed and hard to navigate it hardly makes the new features worth it.

I think MAC just jumped the shark.

 

[Paramnesia]

I hate it, I lasted a whole 3 minutes before I gave up. My computer is slow enough and I lack the patience. I'm just glad the AU mac and pro sites aren't like it.