What online product view presentation is better to choose for an online shopping site- 2D, Flash or 3D?
3DProf4online
from TouchBubble.com

For view presentation , 3D is best. But where as in online shopping functionality implementation, I dont know how 3D will support, there is no such action script functions available.
But Flash has good design environment and also good in action script. We can implement any web functionality using Flash. So MX Flash is best in giving view presentation for an online shopping site. You can use animation & web technics. It was developed only for rich web site development. So better to go with FLASH.

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Karpagarajan. R
Necessity is the mother of invention

3D when overused gets tiresome. Now that Adobe CS3 will have 3D rendering I expect to see a lot of over use. Flash is good to mix in but not constant animation.

In the case of a shopping cart, I would recommend staying with 2D - the focus should be on the product, not the website.

That's not to say that you shouldn't make it look nice. And a lot of what makes something look nice is stuff that suggests 3D (like look at the DiscussWeb logo, for instance, with the glowing balls and drop shadows).

Pete

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Reverend Pete
Code Of Paint
Learn to program using Flash

There it is stylish but subtle. (sounds like a commercial for a fragrance) With the new CS3 with 3D I expect much of it to be overwhelming.

online stores should be simple, clean and product-focussed instead of displaying over the top graphics. Case in point, amazon and ebay dont have flashy graphics but everything is geared towards enhancing the visibility of the products being sold.

Having an attractive web site is an important part of the customer experience, companies need to bear in mind that fulfilment and returns play a significant role in the total customer experience. Poor fulfilment will leave a bad taste in the mouth which even the most attractive web site will fail to overcome. So better to choose for a rich web site development for these kind of commercial web sites.

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Karpagarajan. R
Necessity is the mother of invention

That is an excellent point most people don't get.