critique please Seward Co-op

by Emily Berk <emily(at)armadillosoft.com>

 Date:  Tue, 15 May 2001 09:56:13 -0700
 To:  hwg-critique(at)mail.hwg.org,
sandyclausen(at)excite.com
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I tried this on NN4.5/cable modem/Windows 98:  Loading is fast.

On the main page:

There's a problem with the text that reads, "Welcome" and "Seward Co-op 
Grocery and Deli's mission" and "is to serve our neighborhood, our 
member-owners and our world by:" -- the three overlap so that none are clear.

Also the text wraps around the photo very weirdly.

And, there are a bunch of dashes that show as text.  For example: (but 
there are others.  Look for them)

I found myself where I had hoped to be 25 years earlier&ndash;managing
                                                         ^^^^^^
Seward Co-op. The job is everything I ever hoped it would be. I work with a 
fantastic group of people, our customers are neighbors and friends, and 
every day brings new challenges and rewards.  Seward Co-op is a unique 
business, committed to our neighborhood, invested in our community and
ready to serve all of you &mdash;
                            ^^^^^^

And, look for these same dash problems down in your address/copyright 
notices too.

At 
http://students.desiredgraphics.com/HTML/H2/Clausen/seward/pages/what_coop.html, 
I don't much like the way the list of businesses is aligned to the LEFT of 
the text.  I also think you could create this as a columnar table and 
shorten the page up a lot, which I think would be a good thing.  And, it's 
hard to tell which are the descriptions of the businesses and which are the 
businesses.

Other examples of cooperatively owned businesses are:

Monterey Co-Housing Community
Housing
REI
Recreational equipment
Blooming Prairie
Wholesale natural foods
Twin Cities Credit Union
...

Same for the recipes.  I'd like to see the ingredients list indented, maybe 
two columns and the directions move out to align further on the left, under 
the name of the recipe.

http://students.desiredgraphics.com/HTML/H2/Clausen/seward/pages/pages/community.html 
is not found

The printable coupon looks nice on screen.

Well, that's a start anyway.  Wish I could stop by and check the place out 
sometime; too bad it's so far.

--Emily

On Monday, May 07, 2001 7:08 PM, "Sandy Clausen" <sandyclausen(at)excite.com> 
requested:
>http://students.desiredgraphics.com/HTML/H2/Clausen/seward/index.html
>
>Please critique, and share download times, image refresh, operating system 
>and modem speed would be much appreciated.

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