RE: Anyone in the mood to be cut-throat and opinionated?

>If ever there was a waving of the red flag...
>
>(AT NO TIME IS THIS INTENDED TO BE A FLAME FEST!!!)
>
>1) Opening Splash page - loose the "wavy animation".  Although "cute" it
>hurts my eyes.
> Content was kinda skimpy, but what
>really is there to say eh?  You can do a web page, and now you hope to do
>them for pay.
>>I do not see any "cutting edge" authoring here, as a
>matter of fact it is pretty vanilla.  You want me to fork out anywhere from
>$100.00 to $800.00 for a site...tell me, can you point me to any other
sites
>you've done so I can judge whether or not I'm spending my money in the
right
>place? I really don't mean to rain on your parade, but so far the only
>example of your work is this here 7 page homepage, and it honestly compares
>to the average work seen on GeoCities...
>John Foliot

	Now I am sorry as this maybe off topic but I must respond to this Critique
if this is what it can be called. I too looked at the site but due to a lack
of time did not post. But no matter the sites content or its flavor I feel
it in very bad form that a member of the guild post a reply such as this.

	There was more to it than this but this above gives a flavor of what was
said. Is design NOT a personal preference, do we not when we ask ask for
Structure Critics and not content critics. I find the "Lose It" phrase very
un wanted or needed. What I or someone else put on their site for a link is
not what we want critiqued but rather the design layout, the structure, the
code.

	If I say I will build all web sites for free or I say it will cost 1,000
dollars who has the right to judge me, did the person ask for that or did
they ask for a Structure Critique and is it the one persons opinion its
flavor is of "Geo Cities" form?
Does this mean ALL Geo Cities Pages are bad in content, that all members of
Geo Cities are worthless designers, how died and made someone in here the
ultimate designer, the ultimate critic.

	In short a persons WebSite is a extension of themselves if done correctly.
Their heart and soul is in it for all to see whether it is a Business site
they designed or a personal page, it is that persons perspective on their
own thoughts. If one is able to import their feelings, heart, soul onto
paper whether it is in a form of a webpage or a book it is themselves. To
blast at that thought is to be a judge and jury and their is only 1 I know
of that will ever judge me...

	Lets do as what I thought we where suppose to do, advise on structure,
evaluate code, help on design and not tell someone that their page is a poor
endeavor at a Geo Cities Look Alike. That helps No One but does hurt the
very nature of the guild.

	Again sorry if off topic and will not continue the thread.

Ben

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