Site Review /Crit
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- silentseven
http://www.imageworksstudio.com
Okay so this is the new site we just finished for our office/ business. Personally I dont like it but I am just on of the designers and I think it has too much marketing jargon on it.
So I told my boss that I would post it on NT and see what you guys thought and if they were the same as my feelings on it.
Feel free to crit it good or bad you wont hurt my feelings.
- kStyle0
First thing: menus are buggy as hell in safari
- silentseven0
I know they are javascript over flash
- sherman0
there is sooo much info on that site that its super confusing?
- snuggles0
I don't know where to start, sorry...
- session0
lose the icons under the navigation bar.....
- blackspade0
are the pixel fonts in the footer supposed to look munted ?
- silentseven0
Dude please bring it on I have been fighting a battle with the boss for the past 3 months over the exact same issues you have already mentioned.
But please let me know cuz I can now print them out and prove it to him that its not just me.
- silentseven0
no they are supposed to be the sacred "SEO" marketing links
- blackspade0
yea the safari issue is a biggie
also, i think alot of people would miss the slide-show (click the mouse button idea) all together
- snuggles0
It's all just very dated, from the monotone blue colour scheme to the animated logo to the iconography. The type is sloppy and the user overall has too much to look at.
I must admit, I like the reflection on the rippling water!
- _niko0
-i'd lose the pop up window
- the mechanical gear theme of the logo seems to contradict the "I like moonlit walks in the park" theme of the top movie
- e_b_c0
I didn't spend much time looking around, but is strikes me as akward that the portfolio is an entire different mini-site.
i also ran into the menu problems using safari.
What do trees and a picturesque pond have to do with better marketing materials?
- kStyle0
I once worked at a small company (like 5 people) that specifically wanted to put tons and tons of content on the website to make them look bigger than they were. . .
How large is this company?
- silentseven0
Ya the boss man said to have the flash animation with the slideshow jump to the very end to see the marketing message since its important that every knows the cliche "difference" and "advantage" that the company has.
- snuggles0
have your boss tested for drug abuse. he seems to like the goofballs and malt liquor...
- _niko0
the large black space at the bottom of the pages which reveals google tags or whatever seems unnecessary and awkward.
- todelete__20
i like the image/animation up top.
the anim logo kills it though.
i don't much care for the icons below the navigation, i think the page can do without them.
the font on the bottom is destroyed. looks really bad.
the page is a bit bland being all blue, looks a little dark. dry making the background on the sides white and see if that pulls a bit of the brightness back in.
i like the color scheme on your inside pages better. much lighter and works way better.
nice start.
- silentseven0
2 designers 1 developers and the boss
You can see the boss man here :
(1.8mb)
we call it his happy dance
- vavaboom0
I think it doesnt look like a professional firm. I think it makes it look like the walmart of design firms. (Get this package deal only 199.95 today only! kinda feel)
It doesnt look like it would be a place id ever want to work.