I was able to witness the captivating experience they created first hand when my 4 year old daughter spent just over an hour on their web site and didn’t once ask me for help. Seeing as she can’t spell, I enter the url and she does the rest. It’s amazing that the human mind is naturally adept at identifying patterns and trends within an interactive system, as seen by a 4 year old with no previous computing experience. If your content is worth experiencing and finding, people will overlook design flaws and usability deficiencies. You see it all the time in sites like myspace, craigslist and pollypocket. I’m not trying to short the value of a design in your site, it’s just not the only factor to consider when it comes to success.
Hi! I just happened to stumble on this posting and it’s great hear your experience with pollypocket.com being intuitive enough for a 4 year old to navigate through. I had a similar experience with my niece when she was unable to spell, she would ask me to type in specific website urls (Mattel brands and others like Nick & Disney) and go from there. It will be amazing none the less what the next generation will bring to the table having these types of experiences & interactions as influences :)