Site review please

#1

Here's my new site. I'll appreciate your comments. It should work on any
DOM-savvy browsers (tested with Firefox 1, IE 6, Netscape 7, Opera 7.54 on
windows xp). medium to broadband is preferable.

www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct

tia

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#2

On Sat, 7 May 2005 11:47:27 +0200, Henri <henri.baeyens (AT) wanadoo (DOT) fr> wrote:

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www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct

Well, eurhm...
<http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.premiumwanadoo.com%2F4t hconstruct%2F>
<http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.premiumwanadoo.com% 2F4thconstruct%2Fcss%2Fstyles.css&warning=no&profi le=css2&usermedium=all>
45 Mistakes in your markup and 6 in your styles.css; not *too* bad, I
presume :-(

Also: have you tried what happens if people don't have javascript active?
All I got was a huge black rectangle with a gray bar below it, stating (in
French) that all rights are preserved. Well, you can keep the darn thing.
I don't think it needs protection anyway. I have to either switch off all
styles or watch the source to be able to get to the content. If that is
what you want, fine. But I bet it is something your audience dislikes.

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#3

Barbara de Zoete wrote:

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On Sat, 7 May 2005 11:47:27 +0200, Henri <henri.baeyens (AT) wanadoo (DOT) fr
wrote:

www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct

Also: have you tried what happens if people don't have javascript
active? All I got was a huge black rectangle with a gray bar below
it, stating (in French) that all rights are preserved. ...

Odd. I saw two undecipherable green graphics nestled against each
other, with the copyright notice below. No links ... no anything else.

You're right; JavaScript is disabled in my browser.

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#4

Henri wrote:

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Here's my new site. I'll appreciate your comments. It should work on any
DOM-savvy browsers (tested with Firefox 1, IE 6, Netscape 7, Opera 7.54 on
windows xp). medium to broadband is preferable.

Yes, your site is useless without Javascript.

The are two different sets of code! I am guessing my browser (Mozilla)
is selecting the second set. Nevertheless, it is very wrong.
The font size for the menu on the right is set to 10 pixels, generally
too small to read. I have a minimum font size set to 14 pixels; it does
odd things to that menu especially "Artwork": the text wraps without the
field resizing to match it.

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#5

On Sat, 07 May 2005 13:44:23 GMT, Beauregard T. Shagnasty
<a.nony.mous (AT) example (DOT) invalid> wrote:

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Barbara de Zoete wrote:

< http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct>

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Also: have you tried what happens if people don't have javascript
active? All I got was a huge black rectangle with a gray bar below
it, stating (in French) that all rights are preserved. ...

Odd. I saw two undecipherable green graphics nestled against each other,
with the copyright notice below. No links ... no anything else.

Ah, maybe you've got images active? See, I don't :-)

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#6

On Sat, 7 May 2005 11:47:27 +0200, "Henri" <henri.baeyens (AT) wanadoo (DOT) fr>
wrote:

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Here's my new site. I'll appreciate your comments. It should work on any
DOM-savvy browsers (tested with Firefox 1, IE 6, Netscape 7, Opera 7.54 on
windows xp). medium to broadband is preferable.

www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct

tia

well, I do browse on this desktop with javascript and images. But I
use Firefox with +2 text size so your menu on right does not lookas
you would probably wish and the bullets dont line up.

I find the scrolling menu a little unsettling and distracting. (it
seems bouncy. always moving, although I know it is just catching up to
me)

I like the concept of the list of works being forced into a line
admist the free flow of the art work. Did you try an inset look
instead of the on-top look?

I also do not use Flash so no sound clips. I dont like reading stuff
in a constrained format, so your top text there belongs somewhere
else. Changing category title to Sound Experiments would replace most
of that text or perhaps Time as Canvas. I didnt hear the sound clips
but if possible an image that reflects something about that sound clip
instead of sample 1 etc would be much nicer and re-inforce the
consistency of look through the categories. Even a sound wave image
for each one would be quite effective.

along that line, the snapshots should follow the same look of the
other ones. The thumbnail on left with a title or description on
right. It is just a jumble.

Paperwork too much text. Put it with the sample instead of the list.

what I am tying to say is the lists for ArtWork and Logotype are most
effective and all should follow their lead. What you have here is a
menu that shows another menu using images as bullets. You are trying
to put too much text into the menu. Add text to the canvas, not the
menu.

On Screenwork, instead of linking to website, just show a snapshot of
the page, with more description and a Go There link to the site. (I
often dont want yet another window open, that is why I use tabs in
FF.)

Be sure and use Alt text and Title attributes for each and every
image. They can be very effective. Can use them to provide
descriptions and take some of the burden.

But I liked your site and your work. Spent a lot of time (for me) with
it.

cheers
johnSteve

#7

JohnSteve,

your comments are much appreciated. This is test run. And I know there is
room for improvement. Thanks

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On Sat, 7 May 2005 11:47:27 +0200, "Henri" <henri.baeyens (AT) wanadoo (DOT) fr
wrote:

Here's my new site. I'll appreciate your comments. It should work on any
DOM-savvy browsers (tested with Firefox 1, IE 6, Netscape 7, Opera 7.54 on
windows xp). medium to broadband is preferable.

www.premiumwanadoo.com/4thconstruct

tia

well, I do browse on this desktop with javascript and images. But I
use Firefox with +2 text size so your menu on right does not lookas
you would probably wish and the bullets dont line up.

I find the scrolling menu a little unsettling and distracting. (it
seems bouncy. always moving, although I know it is just catching up to
me)

I like the concept of the list of works being forced into a line
admist the free flow of the art work. Did you try an inset look
instead of the on-top look?

I also do not use Flash so no sound clips. I dont like reading stuff
in a constrained format, so your top text there belongs somewhere
else. Changing category title to Sound Experiments would replace most
of that text or perhaps Time as Canvas. I didnt hear the sound clips
but if possible an image that reflects something about that sound clip
instead of sample 1 etc would be much nicer and re-inforce the
consistency of look through the categories. Even a sound wave image
for each one would be quite effective.

along that line, the snapshots should follow the same look of the
other ones. The thumbnail on left with a title or description on
right. It is just a jumble.

Paperwork too much text. Put it with the sample instead of the list.

what I am tying to say is the lists for ArtWork and Logotype are most
effective and all should follow their lead. What you have here is a
menu that shows another menu using images as bullets. You are trying
to put too much text into the menu. Add text to the canvas, not the
menu.

On Screenwork, instead of linking to website, just show a snapshot of
the page, with more description and a Go There link to the site. (I
often dont want yet another window open, that is why I use tabs in
FF.)

Be sure and use Alt text and Title attributes for each and every
image. They can be very effective. Can use them to provide
descriptions and take some of the burden.

But I liked your site and your work. Spent a lot of time (for me) with
it.

cheers
johnSteve

#8

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Yes, your site is useless without Javascript.

So what you're saying is, you can't use js; the technology is there but,
hey, don't take advantage of it.

#9

On Sun, 8 May 2005, Henri wrote:

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Yes, your site is useless without Javascript.

So what you're saying is, you can't use js; the technology is there but,
hey, don't take advantage of it.

Google doesn't, for example.

#10

Henri wrote:

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So what you're saying is, you can't use js; the technology is there but,
hey, don't take advantage of it.

It is a usability issue. Some people disable Javascript for security

reasons. Other "users" are search engines like Google, Inktomi, MSN and
Yahoo that by definition do not use Javascript. Then there are the
non-visual human users.
Javascript can add flash and glitz to a site. But a site's basic
usability should not depend on it.

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