Re: Revision of Site.

>Please view and critique this site revision.
>Note use of commercial sound (Beatnik).
>Images custom generated, too long of load time?
>Background versus white, or???
>Ease of navigation, etc.
>Thanks!
>http://home.earthlink.net/~jclove/grace.htm
>

Ok here I go, P166, 32MB RAM, 28.8 connect, 800x600 and 640x480, NN3.01 
and NCSA Mosaic 3.0. Everything below IMHO.

800x600

-The background makes everything hard to see. I'd stick to white, or 
black.

-First impression.. why so many frames? the flashing logo on the top 
frame made me dizzy after a while.. frames at the bottom for navigation 
are not a bad idea, but that top frame doesn't need to be there.

-I opened mosaic. This is what I got.

This page is designed to be viewed by a browser which supports 
Netscape's Frames extension. 

This text will be shown by browsers which do not support the Frames 
extension.

[Image]

Ouch. You are not giving an alternative (it's frames or nothing, buddy), 
and well truth is many people hate frames. Frames are not necessarily 
better, I personally prefer them for navigation, but many people don't. 
And well people using graphical browsers can't see anything. I mean, 
you're saying "either have a top of the line browser or get lost". Ouch.
Try making a no-frames version, or put something else between the 
<noframes> tag.. I mean, it doesn't say much about you as a designer if 
you're going to exclude a lot of people.

600x480

-The top frame doesn't scroll, which is a good thing... only that the 
logo is cut short. I can see "The Grace Knot Wo".. doesn't look very 
appealing. I'd make the logo smaller.. it's too long.

-The text on the bottom frame is wayyyyyyyy at the bottom.. and where it 
says company vision, i can only see the top half of the phrase.. the 
other stuff is hidden under the browser's edge. Doesn't seem well 
aligned there..

Overall

The information is well presented.. I like having the navigation at the 
bottom, with all links on top.. it works well. However, I really think 
the top frame is unnecessary.. also, it doesn't need to be animated... 
when it fades out it gives the page a lack of presence..

Also, the main page seems to lack content, maybe because of how it's 
presented. See if you can make it a bit more.. "full"..

But don't forget to make a no-frames "version".. the text you have on 
there would make more than one person very irritated...

Good Luck

-Nat

Feel free to visit

http://www.ben2.ucla.edu/~nate/
My little space on the web. =)


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