a lot of you have commented on my site and have given me some good advice.
here is the final result >>> thanks

http://www.sitegeist.net

cheers


okiwan

okiwan <okiwan@sitegeist.net> wrote:

Big day, bright ideas -
and absolutely no clue what your site is about.

Mystery meat navigation at its finest

Remind me what you do again?

The Doormouse

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It looks good...maybe more of a children's type look to it, but it looks
good.

The links are ubiquitous...but it just might get people interested enough to
click...of course that click could be a door out...

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On 2004-06-08 23:31:02 -0400, The Doormouse <doormouse@att.net> said:

us - about us - read a little - don't act like an ape without the will
to explore

okiwan <okiwan@sitegeist.net> wrote:

Ook Ook

I have to scroll my browser window to the right through EVERY PAGE of
your portfolio - and some of the graphic elements on the main page do
absolutely nothing. They are just random clutter.

Maybe I should just lie to you.

"Hey, it looks GREAT!".

The Doormouse

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I like it!

Well though out shape and function. My guess is viewers have some kind of
knowledge about the company before the visit - with that perspective it is
very good.

/Tomas

On 2004-06-09 00:58:39 -0400, The Doormouse <doormouse@att.net> said:

what screen rez are you at and what size monitor are you using?

face.

Still, too busy (many elements without a visual anchor) for my taste, and a
bit cumbersome nav system... which even changes from the home page to the
other pages.

Also to use only one example per page (you've got nearly 100, if memory
still serves me), makes it too heavy for the average user. You're using too
much screen real state to show the work. It should be like a sales-pitch:
short, concise and to the point. "Less is more", should be your motto.

You're close, mate... don't give up just yet! Just sleep to the idea of
changing conceptually the nav system. I'm quite sure you can do a lot
better.... but to design for oneself is the most difficult of all challenges
to a designer, so it seems.

HTH,

--
Pepe
Milano, Italy

You know Pepe, for someone that has English as their 'second' language, you
are astounding! What took me so long to notice? I don't know, I guess this
post just jumped out at me and I had to praise you. Good on you.

On 9/6/04 8:46 am, in article 2inthqFp60ovU1@uni-berlin.de, "Giuseppe
Carmine De Blasio" <gcdbTOGLIMI@email.it> wrote:

It should be like a sales-pitch:
Oy! isn't that my motto?!

Oh, hangon a minute, that¹s "Les is more" - I'll let you off that one
then...

Kind regards
Les Woods
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design & artwork for print, the internet & electronic media

I've even given you the copyright for the phrase...

Pfffftttt....

:-)

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Pepe
Milano, Italy
PS: LOL!

*blushing*

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Pepe
Milano, Italy
PS: you should hear me speaking Danish with spanish accent... :-)

okiwan <okiwan@sitegeist.net> wrote:

15" LCD monitor at 800x600 - a very common setup

The Doormouse

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Pepe
Milano, Italy

"Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio" <gcdbTOGLIMI@email.it> wrote:

Mine will do that resolution, but I find it uncomfortable.

The Doormouse

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The price you're paying is that you're not seen things on screen the way you
"should"; so a certain shape distortion due to approximate scaling is
occorring. Basically, you're not seeing things the way they are supposed to
be. Do I make sense to you, Doormouse?

I love the way things look like in my 1024x768, 75 Hz LCD. I use another
monitor, a 17" CTR, set to 1024x768, 85 Hz as well.

--
Pepe
Milano, Italy

"Giuseppe Carmine De Blasio" <gcdbTOGLIMI@email.it> wrote:

Text is too small
I have to reset too many desktop settings
Some pages look funny

It depends on the programs that one uses and the sites that one visits.
CNN looks fine on my monitor, for example.



Yes.

A great design will bridge both your settings and mine.

The Doormouse

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On 9/6/04 10:00 am, in article 2io1t3Fpa6t9U1@uni-berlin.de, "Giuseppe
Carmine De Blasio" <gcdbTOGLIMI@email.it> wrote:

Mmmm, I think it was "That Les is More guy" actually, which reminds me to
get a royalty cheque in the post to you... :}

Kind regards
Les Woods
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okiwan <okiwan@sitegeist.net> wrote in message news:<2004060900382950073%okiwan@sitegeistnet>...
Hi,

Why should I have to work to figure out what your site is? I'm
looking for a designer, not playing a game. We can play the game
later, once I'm in the door.

I don't like all those corporate logos. It's like you're trying to
ride on their image without actually doing it.

oj

Needs better navigation and organization. The linear, one-way trip through
the portfolio is like throwing someone a box of every design you've ever
done and forcing them to wade through 96 designs they're not interested in
to find the few that they *might* like. And if they want to get to those
designs again (perhaps to show an associate) -- forget it!! Too much work to
wade through everything again.

ORGANIZE (Graphics, Advertising, Web).
EDIT (throw out the junk).
PRIORITIZE (put the good stuff where it's easy to reach).

Dan
http://www.FreelanceWorkshops.com





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