Site Crit
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- Kidswift
I did not design this but do have an active interest in it and would love any first impressions and suggestions for improvement. We all reaslize that it's far, far from perfect.
Any feedback much appreciated
- shitehawke0
Hello there, I took a look throught he site and heres my first impressions:
On the home page I think you need more contrast between the headings and content and a better hirearchy of information as its a little confusing trying to determine whats going on around the page.
On the menu, its centered within the heading which would be fine but beside the logo it looks like its off alignment, either align it with top, bottom or one line of the logo. and the search box looks indented too far to the right.
The some items on bottom nav need more prominence. I went through several pages before I could figure out what the site was actually about, it should be easy to learn what the site is about and who its aimed at.
The sub pages look more definied but those maps need a heading to say what they're about. I have no idea, after rolling over several times and clicking randomly. Perhaps its because its not aimed at me but I need pages to be immediately recognisable and to tell me information that pertinent to me otherwise the user will move away from the site swiftly.
Also when you go to filter the users, theres no white box around the content, perhaps there should be to keep it consistent with the rest of the site?
- WeLoveNoise0
whats the story behind the logo ?
not really keen on it and dont get what that has to do with the economy in anyway
- Kidswift0
yes the logo def needs an update / rework it's been a bone of contention for a while now. The original designer came up with it to express expansion (of positive ethical impact) and movement forward hence the arrow shape but with a human element hence the stylised cupping shape of the hands to at the tips of the arrows. The company has set out to make Ethics tangible hence the earthy tones to give it a sense of grounding taking something up in the air and bringing substance to it so that they can be measured and improved...
Thanks for all feedback so far keep it coming
- Don't think the colours are earthy, especially on the maps. If thats the aim perhaps you should work on a similar colourshitehawke
- palette.shitehawke
- WeLoveNoise0
"earthy" was the last thing i would of describe any of that site to be
- Kidswift0
Believe me I agree with you totally that was the original brief to the designer though - just trying to explain why it is
- Kidswift0
bump ditty bump yo!
- dropdown0
Seems like it needs a bit of typographic love. The hierarchy is off making it hard to focus. What's with the -1 tracking on the H2 elements? loosen that up a bit. Justify the center aligned data clouds.
I'm not sure you need to surround every section of the page in a white box with rounded corners. A good grid and well planned typography will discern the content for you, not decorative fluff.
I'm not sure why you went with tables, but this site is a perfect candidate for the grid 960 system. I think you'll find a massive improvement by using it and being mindful of the vertical alignment.
It has potential. Good luck.
- Kidswift0
Great thanks dropdown this is all going to be brought up when we meet tomorrow
- trooperbill0
nice but titles feel a little cramped
- Seriously? Nice? thanks but I feel like there is a list of things wrongKidswift
- Kidswift0
bump for the late risers ;D
- baseline_shift0
i think readdressing the logo should be step 1. Simplify and make it more unified with the logotype.
then, type hierarchy, as suggested above.
- juhls0
As others have noted:
- Make it easier for the user to know what the site is about. I like that you have the navigation at the bottom, but sometimes that is also located in a more prominent position (above the fold) so that the user can have multiple ways to access the most critical information.- Keep it consistent. If you're going to use white boxes for all the content, make sure to do that for everything.
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Header:
- More space between logo and first link "Home"
- More spacing between the links at the top and the "search" field. Perhaps align that to the right side of the header.---------
"Live your values in dedicated marketspaces" and "Live your values in alignment with your stakeholders"
- More spacing between the images on the left and the text on the right.
- There also needs to be more spacing between each paragraph. The way it is now, I don't even bother to read it.
- I know it's difficult, but try to have the content the same height as the image on the left. Right now the text is very tight.---------
"Help companies to improve now. Nominate company"
- Align the left side of the text ("Search to find or nominate...") with the title.---------
"Please Sign In":
- Closer attention needs to be payed to alignment. "email", "password", and "create new account" should probably be aligned to the beginning of the form fields, and the "Sign In" button and "remember me" should be aligned to the right side of the form fields.
I would actually extend the form fields a bit so that the spacing is equal on both sides.---------
"The Rate of Ethical Economy"
- Play around with the alignment of that graph. Perhaps have it aligned to the left side of the title.---------
In the "Values" page > "Best performing members" on right side
- At first glance, it's hard to tell which statistics go for which member/company. Some images are blocked at my place of work, so perhaps I am missing something, but there may be a better way to present that information. Again, I think spacing is key here.- You could think about setting a standard size for all those user / member icons. I think the heights are all the same, but if you make the widths all the same it will be prettier.
Looks good otherwise. Needs to breath.
- < Oh yeah, and typography can be further looked at for sure.juhls
- Sorry to point all this out, but I'm procrastinating at work and thought I would point out all details. Not all must be fixed.juhls
- take me now.dropdown
- hahajuhls
- Your a legend Juhls and more than happy for you to procrastinate if your pulling out such a through critKidswift
- I tip my hat to you sir!!Kidswift
- / Madam ;DKidswift
- no worries. good luck with the presentation.juhls
- LOKi0
ok, regardless of the design (I agree with most of what everyone has said) there's a serious communication problem here:
"Ethical Economy offers tools to help you live your values and build ethically significant relations with your stakeholders"
If this is the site/mission statement where the f*** are these tools? where are they explained...
For a new user to the site, the content is incredibly unclear, I have no idea really what the site is about or actually doing.
- Kidswift0
Thanks for all your through and constructive crit guys - some I was aware of some bits not. But it gives me great ammo when I present changes that need to happen tomorrow and to be able to justify them from feedback by people with industry weight not within our company. Cheers to you all!
- Kidswift0
Don't want to push it or be too cheeky but any font recommendations out there? Will not be bumped again... thx
- dropdown0
^ I love that you're worried the QBN public will get upset at an actual design related thread getting bumped. Really says something aboot our little community doesn't it?
- Kidswift0
Yeah well it all got a bit negative and bitchy here a while back hence my lack of involvement - there is also a fine line of getting advice and milking people for their skills. Just trying to inject an air of civility into one aspect of my life ha, ha ;D