Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Crafting Web sites since 1999

I am a Web designer passionate about creating elegant, inspiring, and usable Web experiences that connect with an audience and fulfull business objectives.

Online Prayer Experience

April 29, 2005

Design (Web)

What makes a good online experience?

I can think of a hand­ful of sites that I have seen that I really liked the use of Flash to give a good expe­ri­ence. I came across the Labyrinth last fall while I was on a trip to Atlanta. The Labyrinth is a prayer expe­ri­ence. I had done some­thing sim­i­lar at our World Head­quar­ters in Orlando. The idea behind it is that you have dif­fer­ent sta­tions in which you do some­thing tac­tile that relates to a deeper spir­i­tual expe­ri­ence. Like make a “your­self” in play­doh and then reflect on God’s cre­ation of you. Or expe­ri­ence the fra­grance of sweet smelling water. It is an expe­ri­ence that engages the senses and the spirit.

What impressed me about the Labyrinth is how some­one used Flash to cre­ate an online expe­ri­ence that was very pow­er­ful. Take a look at the sec­ond sta­tion. You drop a stone into water. You hear the water splash and see the splash. The use of music, nar­ra­tion and ani­ma­tion cre­ate an incred­i­ble expe­ri­ence online. God meant me in a very pow­er­ful way as I worked my way through the Labyrinth. It excites me to think that you can cre­ate these type of expe­ri­ences online.

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