Hi Andy,

I'm in South Africa and expected your site to download quickly - alas,
that was not the case. The home page took very much longer than I'd be
prepared to wait. The transfer rate was extremely slow (around 30b/s) and
I suggest you look for another hosting option.

The other reviewers have made many valid points and I'll try not to repeat
any of them.

- contact us: specify that you're located in Johannesburg, SA.
International visitors and probably many South Africans haven't the
foggiest where Randburg is.
- your map is supposed to show people how to find you, not how many
Photoshop filters you have - what if I want to print it?
- home page: way too many different fonts, both in your graphics and html.
- the text links at the bottom run into each other - I assumed that design
and links were 2 separate items until I moved my mouse over them.
- until you move your mouse over the links on the left you have a great
big hole in the middle of the screen.
- that pic on the top right looks a bit odd - took me some time to figure
out that it was a keyboard, I thought it was some kind of microscope photo
of cells dividing.
- web design: way too much copy, not organised in an easy-to-read fashion.

This was with NC4.05/NT4/1024x768 - couldn't get it to download with IE5.

No time to look further, HTH.

Lynnsey

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On 2000-01-31, at 6:27 PM, AI wrote: 

>I have been holding my breath and skulking fearfully in the corner. Now
>I'll stick my head out (to get it chopped off). Please critique
>http://www.bluweb.co.za
>
>I'm interested in Netscape users, Mac users, download times, overall
>design and content. I'm aware that some of the images still need
>compressing (especially on the portfolio lead-in and screencaps).
>
>Don't pull punches. I need to know what the professionals think!
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Andy

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