Hi,

>Just back from a long illness. Would you please critique this commercial
=
>site for me it is an alternate site for browsers older than 4.0 =
>everything seems to work but let know if there are things wrong on it
>http://www.galaxy2k.com/altsite.htm

I looked at it with Netscape 3.04 under NT. The colour scheme is pleasant
and quite unusual.

	Logo design page:

- There is no visual distinction between the header and the body copy. The
body copy should be much smaller, and I would have used ordinary text, as
opposed to putting it all into an image. All you're doing is making people
wait longer for the page to download (bear in mind that those with older
browsers often have a slower connection too). The font used is more
suitable as a headline font than for masses of text although at that size
(way too big IMO) I guess it's quite legible.

- It's not a good idea to resize images using html, as you have done for
the animated logo. Firstly the file size is larger than it needs to be,
and 2ndly the resulting quality is poor (browsers do not resize images
very well).

- Why is the navigation in the middle of the page? It looks a bit odd.
- I would dump the "sample graphics" - put it on the graphics page - and
show more sample logos.
- Where's the ALT text?

	Web design page:

- Some of the images have been anti-aliased on white instead of pale
yellow.
- If you're going to use jargon like "safe surf sites" you should explain
what it means.

	Custom graphics page:

- Why have a link to a logo when you have a separate logo page?

	Digital photography page

- Too many large images - rather use thumbnails so that people can click
on the images they want to see.
- Living Photography - this is supposed to be for older browsers, so the
java applet is probably a bad idea. Especially without some explanation of
why people may not be able to see anything but a gray box.

In summary - as a prospective client, I would expect to see a lot more:
- detailed info: "Galaxy2K has the latest graphics design programs
including animation" is not enough content for an entire section of the
site.
- actual work done: a few logos and a sample background - but where are
the sites you've built? Where's your portfolio? If you don't have any
client sites to show off, build some for free, for your uncle's hardware
store, your favourite charity, or whatever.

HTH

Lynnsey



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