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- kelpie0
I know this is the really cheeky NT crit thing to do, so apologies in advance but why the zoom thing instead of just this:
imho, the 3 up presented simply like that would make for a better page and display your nice graphics better too...
just interested in your thinking, is this one of thise clients that assumes value for money from design ONLY if something is moving
- digdre0
it's ok, but the green in the rllover is awefull
- 23kon0
agree with kelpie - the best use of the page would be to have it with each package displayed equally like this.
- jandiroo0
overall looks cool, but the js rollovers... mmmm.... the whole site looks static, it'd keep it that way
and i'd make the logo a little bigger yes.....
=)
- jevad0
I really would knock the green body bg color back in opacity...to like 50%
- detritus0
I think Kelpie raises some strong points, which you shouldn't be so quick to dismiss. Off-hand responses such as "thats what back buttons are for on the browser ?" undermine your supposed expertise in the field of web usability by showing that you don't really appreciate how people, perhaps stupidly, actually use the internet.
I, for one, quite like the overwhelming greenness of it - it doesn't in any way bother me, though I often rue the lack of stronger colour schemes on'tinternet. Perhaps, if it were me, I might add in a slight gradient near the top, to distinguish the buttons a bit more (ie. have a darkness, under the buttons, gradiating toward your green at the middle of the main body sections, or something).
I'm curious to know more about the iconographic graphics you've used, as they're quite shiny - did you do them in-house, or buy/get them in from somewhere on the web?
In sum - I think it's quite impressive, though I agree that the some of the dynamic animation is a bit pointless and showy, I think you need to resolve the internal navigation on the FAQ section and that you should limit scaling to the horizontal axis.
- trooper0
dont worry dude. its all being listened to... and fyi usability states dont replace functions of the browser.
the icons are some freeware ones as the sites an interim presence while the bigger solution is produced.
re the animation, just trying to add in some wow-factor for the client, yes its showey and gratuitous and will probably be replaced in the first revision ;)
- also there IS a gradient falling into the centre, its just v subtle ;)trooper
- mhr0
DONT show that the zoom to the client.
It's like giving a machine gun to a 8 year old. The client has no clue how annoying this might be to a potential customer and your job is to avoid the client of having stupid ideas like making every element in the page fly around or visitor counters.
- kelpie0
Everything looks very nice but the javascript interfaces are a bit jerky; I'm not sure why they're there either to be honest but all the icons, gradients etc look very pretty.
The content only pages could do with being jazzed up a bit, and when I click on an FAQ I wouldn't mind a back button to get to the list.
like the colours and the graphics' design, think the html/css stuff could be more in line with that.
- Jnr_Madison0
Would be good if it was in the center on the screen too.
- moth0
You should be able to just about read those packages with the zoom.... There's too much zoom.
- kelpie0
you know what I think is the thing that's really bugging me about the zoom interface on teh price plans? when I move my mouse down toward the "more info" button the thing gets smaller. that's annoying. can you constrain the effect to horizontal mouse movements only?
- Fariska0
The zoom rollovers are a bit too nervous, try to smooth them
And the green is really ok on the frontpage and on the navbar, but on the inner pages is pretty heavy, possibly a white bg with a subtle green-ish gradient would be lighter.
- liveforever0
when u click on the javascript zoom things it takes u to another screen. theres no way of navigating back to them without clicking on a different link and then clicking on packages links again
- jevad0
Holy fucking green.
Would be nice to see some contrast - or am I the only one being overpowered by its greenness?
- arseni0
Poor navigation in FAQ. Once you choose one Question, you can't go back.
On About Us and The Service highlight the section that's currently being displayed.
- janne760
black's not really black, some icons look badly compressed gif's, in FAQ you need some sort of back button after each Q&A, and try to dim all that green a little.
- drgs0
i luv it
make the logo bigger (no joke), bolder header