On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, John Carmichael wrote: > After a huge amount of work, my new website is finally up and running > at www.sundialsculptures.com I was very lucky to find a competent > webmaster who helped me put this together for a reasonable price. Good > webmasters are rare (like good sundial makers). They must have > knowledge of the technical aspects of web design AND they must have a > good feel for art too. That old left brain/right brain thing. Maybe > this explains why there are so many bad websites out there.
Well, it looks like you hit the jackpot, with this one! Beautiful pages, not too slow to load, and very informative. User interface seems to be very good, with a good balance of in-line and new-page links. > Anyway, please have a look. I'm particularly interested if any of you > have problems downloading the four PDF files that describe sundial > functions at the bottom of the "Functions" page at > http://www.sundialsculptures.com/content/functions.html If you have > problems with these PDFs would you let me know? Worked fine with IE 6.0, Netscape 4.7, and Netscape 7.01! > Also, any comments on the following would be much appreciated: > 1. Do you think it is user friendly for someone who knows nothing > about sundials? Looked very good to me. It's hard to put one's mind into the frame of someone completely ignorant of the art! > 2. Do you think it is too complicated or overloaded with too much > information? Some might think so, but I like it this way. The pdf files on dial functions are great. Separating the art from the science a little appears to work well, as it lets the individual user choose how deep to drill down into the detail, for their interest level. Those coming to your site for artistic objects will see just that, with a wide range of choices. Those who are interested in their instruments being horologically sound can determine that for themselves, too... > 2. Do you see any errors such as typos, false or misleading > information? I obviously haven't had a chance to exhaustively check it out, but spot checks were fine! Other than the item numbers in your email... :{) Dave 37.28N 121.97W -
