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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 04/01/06 03:39
Gufus wrote:
> Hi mbstevens,
>
> Friday March 31 2006, mbstevens writes to Gufus:
>
> > From: NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com
> > The little flashing "Visit" notices are worse than "click
> > here" links.
> > They absolutely drive me up the wall. And it takes a long
>
> Don't like that Eh... some people just like a web site with out any bell's and
> animations, and some like a few tricks. Myself I like a few bells, but not
> much animation.
>
> > diagonal is visually weak. Just do things in a
> > straightforward way, kill all that javascript, and save all
>
> Don't like the diagonal effect either. :(
>
> Thanks for your opinion.
>
>
Actually design-wise mbstevens is correct, it still does not work. Your
logo does not read as a watermark and competes with the overlay text.
One fundamental rule with respect to graphic design is that whatever it
is it must look intensional, no ambiguity, if it looks like a mistake it
is a mistake.
I would say that your loco is not suitable as a watermark and here is
why. Your logo is comprised of words, and as such for literate people
when one see words we unconsciously try to 'read' them. A watermark on
the other hand is image or pattern that is supposed to be subtly,
indistinct, faded to the point where it is barely legible so as not to
obscure the text on top. Therefore a watermark is best not to be words.
Now, technically speaking (although accepting advise has not been your
strong suite here), new design should not be
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
And all the JavaScript rollovers could easily be done with CSS
Deprecated elements and attributes should not appear in new work
Dump the layout tables...
Lastly, what I first said about design and ambiguity, your blue gradient
rectangular graphic 'links' and then you stick one that looks like you
links but is not. The Credits one is bad design because of the ambiguity
thing. This is like and architect designing a building with 5 doors on
the front entrance, but *one* is *not* a real door!
Not just trying to trash you here his is my honest professional option.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com
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