Re: [WSG] Open critique?

2004-03-06 Thread Nate Cook
Cameron Russ, Thank you both for your feedback! (And especially to Cameron for the recognition!) It seems some of the folks at webstandardsawards.com and CSS Vault are being a little... ahem... forceful with their comments. :) As for the constructive criticism: Print CSS - I'd nearly

Re: [WSG] Open critique? - colour deficiency

2004-03-06 Thread russ weakley
Nate, The term Colour blindness is now frowned on. Apparently colour deficiency is the more correct term - for what it's worth. :) Anyway, there are basically three types of colour deficiency. They are: 1. Deuteranope (a form of red/green colour deficit) 2. Protanope (another form of red/green

Re: [WSG] Open critique?

2004-03-06 Thread Hugh Todd
Nate, I, too, was surprised at the 'forcefulness' of some of the feedback. I would be interested to know whether they could come anywhere close to your level of aesthetic competence. I was hugely impressed when I saw what you had done. There is a tension, isn't there, between the aesthetic

Re: [WSG] Open critique?

2004-03-05 Thread russ weakley
Hi Nate, Welcome to the list. Open critiques on this list are great - as long as feedback is helpful rather than abrasive. :) Criticism or praise? How about some praise: I have only looked at the front page but I think it's an excellent example of a web standards based portal. The main page has

Re: [WSG] Open critique?

2004-03-05 Thread russ weakley
Some interesting comments already: http://www.webstandardsawards.com/previous/aiga_atlanta.html#comments The first comment is simply opinion on the design, but the second comment mentions some good accessibility issues that should be considered. Russ Forget CSS Vault, I already awarded it on