Website critique
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- organicgrid0
So it begins...
- mg330
Lose the hamburger menu icon. Replace with word "menu." Design for users not designers.
- Really, lose the icon? By now everybody knows what it means right?Roberthannink
- YesORAZAL
- Yea stupid comment imoset
- What you should do is replace the sponsor logos from the typical menu position and...ORAZAL
- ... not hide the menu by default.ORAZAL
- No, everyone doesn't know what it means, and numerous UX professionals agree that it's bad.mg33
- Myself included.mg33
- Well that's reason enough for me to change it! Wasn't aware of it, thanks!!Roberthannink
- organicgrid0
What his up with the 500 logos on the toolbar?
I really have no idea what I am looking at or what to click.- Agreed!
Those are sponsors. I'd like to get rit of them, the client doesn't unfortunately...Roberthannink - Show them this threadset
- I need about 500 comments more to change their mind...Roberthannink
- Bizarre to have them up thereset
- Agreed!
- set0
^ agree
- zenmasterfoo0
Try to simplify your header branding by pulling those logos into the content area. When you start scrolling, you can transition the main brand back into the header again.
Your typography choices need work. Try to select fonts that distinguish your main brand and help drive the theme the site. Right now the fonts are fairly basic looking - -almost as if you've done nothing at all. Also, lose the drop shadow or diminish it greatly, it's a distraction.
I agree the hamburger is very cliche. That said, the animation to "x" is helpful. But that navigation point is lost because of the large logo next to it. Think hard about how design treatments play against each other.
Be clear about iconography usage. The ">" arrow icons should indicate the same thing to a user. I'm going internally OR externally. Not both.
Can't wait to see the final version.
- mg330
Hamburger Icon articles:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/24…
http://mor10.com/hamburger-bad/I was at a conference recently and this topic was discussed. A good alternative is to display the word Menu inside a rectangular button. It gets good results and its purpose is immediately apparent to users.
- Menu should be visible on the desktop site I agree. The icon is adequate for smaller breakpoints though.set
- detritus0
Yeah, this theme of relying on a tiny 'hamburger' icon for access to the central nav of a site, hidden away by default is (excuse my bluntness) fucking stupid.
Either make it so the menu options are available on startup, or make it so the entire site doesn't even need a menu, deploying some kind of narrative structure which they can follow.
As it stands, you have 'three' competing navigation elements (including your array of sponsor icons, which are sadly confusable with site nav) on top of a very complex layout.
I'm a long-term web user and I'm a bit at a loss here — one can only imagine how lost a less seasoned user would feel when confronted with all of that.
- Roberthannink0
Thanks for all the feedback!!! Awesome!
Will definitely look into changing the header and menu. Agreed, the sponsors is way too much there, will try to do something with the transition when scrolling. I wasn't aware of the Hamburger icon discussion, “Menu” inside a rectangular button sounds like a perfect solution!
The typography choices I made in the design weren't built into this website by the developer... unfortunately he changed it and added a drop shadow. Will have to redo it, I totally agree it looks way to basic now!
Never stop learning!
Got some work to do, I guess!- Great attitude Robert!organicgrid
- Agreed, good attitude!mg33