portfolio crit
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- Dublao7
hello
My friend has just launched his portfolio. I've been helping direct things a bit. If you could critique it would be much appreciated.
thanks!
- Dublao70
had you wondering ;)
- coffeesoy0
i would make type a little smaller.
and +/- nav button placement looks awkward for me.otherwise nice clean and simple site :)
- chunkified0
yea i like :) nice clean and no avant! yay yay!
- designerror0
the first page that hits me, is really boring, text text and more text.. I want to go straight to business!
+/- thing aint working for me either
- Nairn0
I love it - clever, clean and functional - succint and elegant too. Just how portfolio websites should be, imho.
That said, I do have a couple of *minor* niggles..
- On my 20" widescreen monitor the subtlety of the design breaks a little - the about and portfolio links are miles to the right..
- As a user, I'd appreciate some state change between the main nav two buttons - even if it's just subtle.
- Woody Warehouse logo : why does it get to be in colour? (reveals weakness of WW branding, i feel)
- As a client, I'd like to know a little more about what each project achieved. It's strange - you're confidant enough to lead without images (about) but not explain what you did (portfolio)?
- Weird issue in Firefox, my other tabs get locked up and glitchy when I'm viewing a project (probably something to do with the mouse pointer hijacking)
- Why don't the +/- symbols match the x symbol stylistically? The close window X and functionality is beautiful - bring it on to the +/- too.
- headUp logo should, imo, link to homepage - not contact. 'Contact' should link to Contact.
Please note that I wouldn't be detailing all these niggles if I didn't like your site - I simply wouldn't bother if that were the case.
Good Luck!
x
- Nairn0
Oh, and yeah - as others have said, the +/- buttons don't always work? And the quality of some of the portfolio shots is awful - how come?!
x
- Dublao70
Thanks for all the responses! I think we have decided to replace the “+/-“ icons with “.”
Nairn – The Woody Warehouse branding is horrible. When working with the client we asked for an eps from the studio that created the logo, and they gave us a straight faced no.
- I’ll have a talk with my friend about the development issues. I was mainly helping him by directing the concept.
- I agree that not all of the portfolio shots look good, these will be replaced.
We are also working out some methods of explaining the aspirations of each project and the success they achieved. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to present this content? My thinking led me to the idea of a few sentences under the image (to the left of the +/-) as you click through a single project the text would change to develop the story. I’m afraid the copy would disrupt the clean design though.....what do you think?
- johndiggity0
over all the site feels very empty. perhaps the logo should be placed above the fold? also if you are going flash why not drop the tahoma in favor of a better type? maybe drop some legal in there so it looks more like a legit company.
seems like no one likes the viewer, i think the +/- is not only a misnomer (try forward and backward arrows), but the placement seems awkward as well.
i'd turn the main scrolling nav off when the image viewer is open as well it's distracting.
add a contact link as well, as it's not apparent that clicking on the logo brings up the email.