Looks really nice. A major improvement over the last one... On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Dale Snell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:07:12 -0700 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > greetings and salutations! > > > > At this point, a semi-final review is requested for the proposed new > > PLUG website; i'm taking all critiques, be it spelling, technique, > > aesthetics, broken links, etc. > > > > Proposed site viewable at: > > http://nathanewilliams.com/projects/pdxlinux/ > > > > If you can find the time, try to get comments in by Tuesday, so I'll > > have time to implement suggestions prior to launch. > > > > One note I'll make is that the favicon of the bee is /not/ going to > > be on the live site, that's pulling across from another favicon for a > > different site sharing this hosting space. the favicon will continue > > to be the tux w/ umbrella that's now on the current site. > > > > thanks folks! > > > > nathan > > I like the new look, very clean and spiffy. I do have some nits to > pick, mostly with the navigation bar. > > 1) The "Wiki" button is directly below the "About" button -- I suspect > that it's supposed to be at the far right end of the bar, but for some > reason it's not. It doesn't seem to be related to the width of the > browser window. I have a wide screen monitor, and can stretch the > window out quite a lot. FWIW, I'm running FireFox v3.5.10. > > 2) The button leading back to the home page should be labeled "Home" > instead of "About". "About" or "About Us" (etc.) is usually a separate > page in those websites that actually have such a thing. It took me a > bit to realize that "About" led to "Home". The alt-text for the > buttons was the key. :-) > > 3) As someone pointed out earlier, it would be nice if the buttons were > the full height of the bar. It would be even nicer if they responded > to a mouseover. I do like the alt-text for the buttons; it's a nice > touch. > > 4) The FAQ buttons are hard to read. (Old eyes don't work so well any > more. :-) ) It's the 3D rounded effect that does it; the text tends to > get lost in the gradient. Also, the rounding makes the two multi-line > buttons stand out from the others. If a 3D effect is really wanted, I > think a simple beveled box would be nicer. > > 4.5) The use of the "window shade" effect for the FAQ looks nice except > for one thing: it makes the scroll bar on the browser come and go. This > leads to a rather disconcerting sideways jerk when the buttons are > clicked. I know that the scroll bar's actions are part of the browser's > design, and not the web site's, but it's still somewhat jarring. > > 5) I think somebody mentioned it already, but that map link for the > PSU meeting room is broken. It should be > > <http://pdxlinux.org/campus_map.jpg> > > Other than those things, the web site looks really nice. A modern and > professional looking site. Well done! > > --Dale > > -- > "First things first -- but not necessarily in that order" -- The Doctor > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
