Defy All Challenges - Microsoft Visual Studio

I caught a glimpse at this ad today on one of the sites i frequent when i'm terribly bored. It looked pretty cool and eventhough i'm rarely in the habit of clicking on ads i just had to check it out - so, mission accomplished for the marketing department ;)

What it brought me to was somewhat of a surprise:

Without revealing all too much (you have to see this to make your own judgement..seriously) there's quite a few videos on the site..so go, have a laugh.

Granted, it's about Visual Studio...and yes, i'm a VS-tart big time...and yes, it's MSFT...hmm ok i'm biased but it still rocks!!

One of the features i will reveal is the ability to view and rate videos on the site - which pretty much is showed to you in a futuristic "gaming" style UI..you can pan around, when you choose a feature you're moved across the landscape..all in all it's a very pretty (and addictive) site.

One thing though - and here i'm going to smack the marketing department...it's a great looking site, seriously...but Flash?? maybe using another technology would have been more..errr...suitable? a damn good job is done with the site..seriously it's got eye-candy and i'm a sucker for it...but...you...are...showing...off...the...wrong...technology!!!

It pretty much shows how big MSFT really is...a keyword has been forgotten here...it's called (Yes, spell it with me!!) C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N...somebody should probably have checked out what's on the horizon in terms of technology before decking out and showing how great a site you can make...with....Flash :(

Defy All Challenges - Microsoft Visual Studio