PageKansas.com Critique

Hi Hugh,

IE 4.05, 640X480 resolution, 56K modem

Your front page downloaded fairly fast when I typed in the url. As it
loaded, I noticed that I can't see the entire frame on the left side.
Your menu is cut off somewhat, so I can see

PageKansa  -- the "S" and the "U" are cut off by the frame edge.
Main Men

Paging
Radio 
Service
Wordservice -- only the top half of this word is visible.

Also, your graphic is cute and all, but fills the entire page for most of
the options. Is it really neccessary to include this huge graphic on every
page? No.. it isn't. Possibly you could make a smaller version (banner
size?) that would appear at the top of the rest of your pages, but it
really isn't neccessary. You waste space when you include so many copies of
it. Also, your graphic doesn't fit inside the frame on my screen, since it
isn't sized appropriately for smaller screens.

Also, on your first page, there is absolutely no "content" that tells us
what you do! Atleast include a paragraph or two telling us about the
company, because if someone doesn't have a graphical browser, all they will
see it empty graphic spaces.

Take out the <hr> lines. This much division isn't needed, especially when
there is no text to divide up.

Use <alt> tags to give meaning to your graphics. On your front page, a
non-graphical browser would see:
<img><img><img>
New Wordservice Special!
New Information Service!
<img>
For the latest updates in the wireless communication industry, visit 
<img><img><img>
PagingKansas address info.. etc.

You should concentrate more on the content and information offered by your
page than the pretty graphics. 

I visited the "Paging" page, and found one sentence of content, asking me
to click again to find something to read. Why is it neccessary to divide up
the paging information yet again, when there isn't any information on your
actual page about "Private" paging. Go ahead and use this space to talk
about Subscriber paging, and offer a link at the top such as:

(example)
Subscriber and Private Paging

<link to differences>

Content about subscriber paging
(end of example)

Overall, I'd say that you are leaning too heavily on the graphics. A
graphics intensive site is fine for someone who sells graphics, or fine
art, etc. but not appropriate for a paging site, which doesn't need nearly
the graphics to be interesting and sell pagers (which I hope is your purpose).

Lindsey
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