I have heard alot of pretty good things about the bar Cuvee from onmilwaukee.com and other patrons. It sounds like a very neat place. I think its the only Champaign Bar here in Milwaukee.

My wife is going to an evening function their tonight and she wanted to look up the street address from their website.... 

Well, 5 minutes later, after the flash gimmick, she couldn't find an address so she gave up and searched google for it. I checked the site, and 5 minutes later, after the animation gimmick, I did notice an address. Unfortunately it was embedded in the flash text and I couldnt copy and paste it into google to find out where it is.

As I have been told by many, Cuvee sounds like a very nice place, and it fits a niche in Milwaukee...but.... why is the website horrible? I'm not judging the site via the visual presentation, everyone has their own opinions on that, but why force a user through it.

When it takes 3-5 minutes jumping through flash animations just to "maybe" get an address or phone number, you are losing alot of potential customers and sadly, portraying a sour image for your establishment.

I'm sorry to pick on this particular website, but it was just a recent experience. This same example can be said for thousands of sites on the web; heck, probably thousands just in the MKE area.

It is no longer 1990. The modern web user has certain demands and one is fast and easy access to information. Making the user wait, even 10-20 seconds in most cases, will make the user leave your site and leave a bad taste in their mouth. Flash has its place, and if its going to be used, at the least, let the user skip the animations to find some information.