Hi Steve,

>Being that I started this with no real previous experience it is
>targeted to look best on my machine and browser: 17" monitor, 1024
>resolution, Internet Explorer 4 browser.

If you're going to design commercially, you're going to have to expand
your dvelopment environment a little. Download some other browsers to test
on (Netscape 3 and 4, Opera) and try your designs out at different screen
resolutions (or at least different browser window sizes:
http://adworkshop.com/sizer.htm).

>Another point that I would like
>to preempt a little is that the front page is lacking some graphics;
>something which I am waiting on. But please feel free to let fly the
>arrows...   :o)

The home page looks mostly fine, assuming that some image will come along
to fill up that big hole in the middle of the screen. The colour combo is
quite appealing. The text at the bottom is a little hard to read, esp the
italics. My main gripe here is that I have *no* idea what the company does
- why would I want to click on any of the links? Perhaps the missing
graphic will change that?

Company profile: too many colours! The white writing is too small and
difficult to read. Otherwise nice and neat. The content could be a little
more personal without becoming unprofessional. Staff details (names and
pictures) are a way to distinguish your company from your competitors. Add
a link to the web site of the UK Progress User Group if they have one.
Don't isolate your site from the rest of the internet!

Services: don't link the entire sentence, just the most pertinant words.
An intro would be nice too.

Products: as for Services. Also, you could probably group these 2 under
the same section - they are very similar and it reduces the amount of
clicking needed.

Contact: same problems as the other pages.

Feedback: the table/form is too wide for 640x480 and forces sideways
scrolling. The forms would look better *without* the table border. You
might want to add a "clear" button too...

In general: I think you've done a very nice job, even without graphics.
The site is very neatly laid out and easy to follow. You haven't made the
very common beginner mistakes of using too many graphics, too many
animated gifs (*squirm*), the blink tag (*shudder*), a bg which makes the
text illegible, and all those other no-nos. The only real problem I have
with it is the colour scheme and too-small text.

Good luck,
Lynnsey


Lynnsey Skliros
Mobile Telephone Networks

The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you
pour upon it, the more it will contract. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

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