Posted by Chaddy2222 on 10/17/07 14:14

Andy Dingley wrote:
> On 16 Oct, 17:43, Bernhard Sturm <sturmnixs...@datacomm.ch> wrote:
>
> > I wonder what you professionals think about this site:
> > http://test.montessori-viki.ch/
>
> I like it. You've achieved a very difficult task: taking a "pixel-
> perfect" layout and building it on the web in a way that's broadly
> pixel-perfect, yet without compromising accessibility. You're to be
> congratulated.
>
> The designer has achieved a good result too. They've produced
> something that's attractive and doesn't have the usual "Designed by
> Geeks" square-box look of the typical standards-based site. Now they
> need to relax and not be obsessive about the trivial details you
> describe. They've met the useful goals, now they should stop before
> aesthetic trivia starts to break code with technically significant
> issues.
>
I agree and think that's the problem with a lot of Flash based sites,
they look identicle in any browser, but the functionality and the
useability is just not good at all.

> Congratulations. You've both worked well on this one, you've achieved
> both of yoru goals, even though this tend to pull in opposite
> directions.
>
>
> Please take yourself and the designer to the recently posted site
> (Massage in Canada) and show them how to achieve such a result. Now
> there was a ugly site that needed this sort of design input.
Yes, I know what you mean. Although I think graphic design is one of
those things you need to study for quite some time to get an idea of
what works.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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