Roomies new website... criticism required!

UlricT

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My roomie has just put up a website, and I thought maybe you guys could give it a once-over and give some constructive criticism :)


Code the web!: We couldn't believe that domain was not taken :D
 

bootymac

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I don't like the blue flag on the left with the navigation on it.

If you're gonna make your domain Code the web, make your website ultra-1337 lookin! ;)
 

Ryan

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The flash effects are TOTALLY cheezy - they look like the genric crap that Swish (a program for people who don't know how to use Flash) turns out.
 

fatbaby

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Tell him to either get l33t3r flash skills or don't use it at all.

And that flash bar at the bottom is annoying and pointless.

That website is pretty average.
 

Ryan

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"Coding the WWW from the ground up"
rolleye.gif
 

UlricT

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Originally posted by: Angrymarshmello
No offense to your roommate but for a site that says "Genuine Creativity" it's not all that special.

well, this is more like an alpha version than anything else....

Thanks for the input, keep it coming!

/EDIT: about the flash.... he took the easy way out. :p
 

chiwawa626

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The flash needs to go, and the page has lots of images so it may take 56kers a while to load up. I suggest be more creative with less images and more tables.
 

Chaotic42

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Rating:

*Splash page: -20
*Flash Intro: -10
*Flash everywhere: -10
*Good colors: +10
*Slow loading: -5
*Aesthetics: +10

Total score: -25

 

UlricT

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Originally posted by: chiwawa626
The flash needs to go, and the page has lots of images so it may take 56kers a while to load up. I suggest be more creative with less images and more tables.

The flash is a 30 minute piece of work, and content is being added when he can. Also, he is trying to impress some local businesses in the area, and most of these guys are going to have fat pipes into their machines, with nothing to use up the bandwidth ;)
 

WannaFly

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Rating:

*Splash page: -20
*Flash Intro: -10
*Flash everywhere: -10
*Good colors: +10
*Slow loading: -5
*Aesthetics: +10

Total score: -25

*pukes*
Flash Intro: -20
Colors: +2
WTF is the design, it sure doesn't look like a coding site to me, looks like some unknown county that accidentally stumbeled upon teh intarweb and needes somthing done.
I dont like it, at all. The colors, the layout(HOW MUCH SCROLLING CAN THERE BE?), the design. Start over! :)
 

UlricT

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Rating:

*Splash page: -20
*Flash Intro: -10
*Flash everywhere: -10
*Good colors: +10
*Slow loading: -5
*Aesthetics: +10

Total score: -25

ummm.... what do you mean by splash page?

 

GoingUp

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Originally posted by: rbloedow
The flash effects are TOTALLY cheezy - they look like the genric crap that Swish (a program for people who don't know how to use Flash) turns out.

my first thought....
 

fyleow

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I think your friend should start from scratch, I'm serious. I'm don't think the layout is all that great, the bottom sliding flash thing has to go. It doesn't do anything and just distracts, not to mention it's annoying. The main website with the flash intro is hard to read and serves no purpose. The color scheme is okay...

Bottom line is I don't think your friend is going to impress anyone with his web design skills. It looks very ordinary.
 

thirtythree

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the intro is pretty lame and it sounds like the music is off beat in places but if he's going to keep it, I think he should make it so that "committed efficiency" (what does that mean anyway?) doesn't show up then disappear and show up again. that face at the end of the intro looks kind of crappy also. "coding the www from the ground up" needs to go. the flash bar at the bottom of each page should definitely go. the color scheme looks fine but it's kind of strange only having that ugly red color in one place on the site. navigation .. I don't like the flag or the flagpole and the links look slightly blurry. rollovers might look nice also (nothing too flashy). the main body of the pages looks fine. it might look better if he set his paragraph alignment to justified. I don't like the little thing that sticks out on the top and he should probably get a logo. also, there are too many different fonts for my taste. the menu, title, slogan, page heading, and bottom bar all appear to be done in different fonts (title and menu might be the same actually .. I'm not sure). I didn't read everything that was written on the page so I'll assume he knows what he's doing in that regard. not that I'm in any position to correct him but...

hope that helps.

EDIT: please oh please get rid of the flash intro. he can get a portfolio and put some flash animations in it if he's looking to show off his amazing skills.
 

thirtythree

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Originally posted by: fyleow
I think your friend should start from scratch, I'm serious.
yeah .. that might not be a bad idea. another thing is I don't like pages that are covered from top to bottom with images. but that's just me.