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Posted by dorayme on 09/25/05 04:14
> From: rossz <rosszNOSPAM@vamos-wentworth.org>
>
> I have two versions of a website, I'm trying to decide which one is
> preferred.
>
> This is the current "active" version.
>
> http://vamos-wentworth.org/seadog/seadog.php
>
> And this one has a fancy new menu system:
>
> http://vamos-wentworth.org/seadog/seadog.test.php
>
> Unless I missed testing a page, both versions are 100% xml 1.0 strict
> complient, not even warnings.
>
> I'd welcome criticism of the general layout, the choice of colors, and
> which of the two you think is the better.
>
The new one looks nice. I did not look at the code.
I would leave out the W3C logos (few will find them useful or
interesting).
Personally I would leave out the + signs, one does not need to
know that there is further nesting: argument being that if one
is not interested in the link, it is not likely that one will be
interested in the details. If one is, one is likely at the very
least to run the mouse over it and it will be obvious. Good that
you let the top link *itself* link directly to the object of the
first link on the list in the subset. (2 reasons, one that the
dropdown might not work for all (yes, I know about your Notes
but that's me, I'm nosey), two that an impatient user might not
want to wait and fiddle with getting the mouse just so... trust
me on this or ask further).
But bad that when you do go to the subset links, you can't
further navigate without having to use your fancy dropdown. Put
all the important people, for example in a simple strip text
horiz list at the top right up to Medina Sidonia (what a
fabulous name).
Minor thing, maybe don't bother, be nice to have a bit more side
padding between text and inline pics.
I was going to stop here but I just took a look at hats, shirts
and so on... more reason to go white bg and save the trouble of
doing what really ought to be done and that is prepare the gifs
as transparencies. Forget about colour altogether I would say on
this site.
You can't go too wrong with black and white mainly...
Personally, I would just go white for the text on black and
achieve a gain in simplicity and elegance. More with less.
But really, it looks nice and well done - terrific stuff, the
subject matter!
dorayme
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