Critique For Buttons at Geneology Site

>I just made some buttons to help navigate to different area on my site. I was
>wondering if I made the buttons too big. Could you check out this particular
>page at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3380/jordan.htm
>
>Let me know if I should change anything about the buttons.

Well, I'm with Virginia on the size of the buttons.  I think current trends
dictate that smaller is better for most design elements.

Perhaps you could remove some of that bevel, shorten it a bit, and put a
little bit of a shadow behind the text to make it stand out from the
picture behind it.  Something like this, perhaps:
http://ratfactor.com/beta/buttons.htm

Just an idea.

-David Gauer



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