Some critiques please

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com

"steve" <NOSPAMstoianstoian (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Some critiques please.

That's the third time you posted, take your spam somewhere else.

--
Spartanicus

Some critiques please.

That's the third time you posted, take your spam somewhere else.

Sorry Sorry Sorry

Blame this on Outlook Express

steve wrote:

Some critiques please.

I dont like the animation at the top. It's distracting. Keep it still.

steve wrote:

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com


Steve,

Viewed at 600 X 800 full screen using Netscape 7.1, JavaScript enabled.

I like the color scheme and general appearance of the layout.

The top banner image (the animated one) failed to load the first time I
went to the home page and I had to prod it to get it to appear.

The links to cpanel.net timed out before it responded.

This is strange: On page webHosting.htm, point the mouse cursor above
the Home nav button and gradually move it downward until the button
lights up. Now do the same thing with other nav buttons. Note that the
Home button does not respond until the cursor is pointing at the bar
under the text, while all others respond when the cursor reaches the top
of the text. On the Home page, this same problem affects both the Home
and Web Hosting buttons.

Suggestions:
- Reduce the total amount of information on the home page, to get most
of it visible without vertical scrolling. I would remove:
- the Domain Lookup box
- the charge-card logos
- the logos showing what hardware/software is used (at the bottom of
the page)
- The company offers four main services, single-domain hosting,
multi-domain hosting, dedicated servers, and domain registration. I'd
reduce the amount of data under each of the hosting options so that you
can position all four options on one horizontal line across the page
(similar to what you have on the webHosting.htm page). That way I don't
have to scroll down to see them all. (Yes, the nav bar does this, but
the visitor's eye will be attracted to the boxed images). Do something
to visually differentiate the three kinds of hosting, perhaps a small
system unit, then a larger one, then a big one.
- Once you've done that, put the introductory paragraph above the four
images (giving it the full width of the Welcome box) and the Technology
paragraph below them.
- Allow the various selections on the nav bar to float left. The
current page just fits in 600 X 800, but requires horizontal scrolling
if I reduce the window size at all, and there's no need for that to happen.
- The default type size seemed just a bit smaller than I'm used to.
If you are starting at less than 100%, think about why you would want to
do that.
- There are four little icons at the top right. I didn't know what
the star represented until I read the text in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen. Perhaps a tooltip would help.

OT: There are subtle errors in language throughout the site. 'Plane'
for 'Plan', 'for whatever you might want it for' (redundant), 'you are
able to essentially your whole site' (missing the word 'manage',
perhaps?) You should have someone with good (British|American) English
language skills review all of the text. From the standpoint of the
impression you will make on your visitors, this is probably the most
important thing you need to do.

Chris Beall

In message <c4lq1k$mks$1 (AT) ctb-nnrp2 (DOT) saix.net>, steve
<NOSPAMstoianstoian (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writes

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com


Just a quick glance at your first page:

(a) Looks attractive

(b) 130k or so for the page seems a bit large .... have you tried
optimising the images?

(c) have you considered how people who load your page with
'image-download' switched off are going to navigate?

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/SA_1X.JPG

or how talking browsers or screen-readers are going to navigate?

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/SA_2X.JPG

All images should have alternative text specified.

(d) I tried the "Click here to recommend this page to a friend." (your
spelling) but it doesn't seem to work. Have you considered that a number
of people will have Javascript switched off?

(e) I'd suggest you terminate each of the entries Reseller Hosting and
Dedicated Servers panels with a punctuation mark (comma, full-stop,
semi-colon) to prevent words being run together when being spoken by a
talking browser/screen-browser.


regards.
--
Jake

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com


Steve,

Viewed at 600 X 800 full screen using Netscape 7.1, JavaScript
enabled.

I like the color scheme and general appearance of the layout.

The top banner image (the animated one) failed to load the first
time I
went to the home page and I had to prod it to get it to appear.

The links to cpanel.net timed out before it responded.

The demos are temporarily unavailable while we migrate them to a new
system. They should be available again in a few days. Sorry for any
inconvenience this may cause.

This is strange: On page webHosting.htm, point the mouse cursor
above
the Home nav button and gradually move it downward until the button
lights up. Now do the same thing with other nav buttons. Note that
the
Home button does not respond until the cursor is pointing at the bar
under the text, while all others respond when the cursor reaches the
top
of the text. On the Home page, this same problem affects both the
Home
and Web Hosting buttons.

I have try it in NS 6 but everything look ok.

Suggestions:
- Reduce the total amount of information on the home page, to get
most
of it visible without vertical scrolling. I would remove:
- the Domain Lookup box
- the charge-card logos
- the logos showing what hardware/software is used (at the
bottom of
the page)
- The company offers four main services, single-domain hosting,
multi-domain hosting, dedicated servers, and domain registration.
I'd
reduce the amount of data under each of the hosting options so that
you
can position all four options on one horizontal line across the page
(similar to what you have on the webHosting.htm page). That way I
don't
have to scroll down to see them all. (Yes, the nav bar does this,
but
the visitor's eye will be attracted to the boxed images).
Do something to visually differentiate the three kinds of hosting,
perhaps a small system unit, then a larger one, then a big one.

What do you mean by system unit?

- Once you've done that, put the introductory paragraph above the
four
images (giving it the full width of the Welcome box) and the
Technology
paragraph below them.
- Allow the various selections on the nav bar to float left. The
current page just fits in 600 X 800, but requires horizontal
scrolling
if I reduce the window size at all, and there's no need for that to
happen.
- The default type size seemed just a bit smaller than I'm used
to.
If you are starting at less than 100%, think about why you would
want to
do that.
- There are four little icons at the top right. I didn't know
what
the star represented until I read the text in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen. Perhaps a tooltip would help.

I think NS does not support alt tag.
What kind of tooltip you have on mind?

OT: There are subtle errors in language throughout the site.
'Plane'
for 'Plan', 'for whatever you might want it for' (redundant), 'you
are
able to essentially your whole site' (missing the word 'manage',
perhaps?) You should have someone with good (British|American)
English
language skills review all of the text. From the standpoint of the
impression you will make on your visitors, this is probably the most
important thing you need to do.

Chris Beall

Thanks allot that will keep me busy.
I will paste the new link ones I'm ready.

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com


Just a quick glance at your first page:

(a) Looks attractive

(b) 130k or so for the page seems a bit large .... have you tried
optimising the images?

I have but maybe I should do it ones more.

(c) have you considered how people who load your page with
'image-download' switched off are going to navigate?

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/SA_1X.JPG

I do not believe how I can miss the alt tags.

or how talking browsers or screen-readers are going to navigate?

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/SA_2X.JPG

I do not understand that, please explain for me.

All images should have alternative text specified.

I agree on that.

(d) I tried the "Click here to recommend this page to a friend."
(your
spelling) but it doesn't seem to work. Have you considered that a
number
of people will have Javascript switched off?

(e) I'd suggest you terminate each of the entries Reseller Hosting
and
Dedicated Servers panels with a punctuation mark (comma, full-stop,
semi-colon) to prevent words being run together when being spoken by
a
talking browser/screen-browser.

I did not understand, please explain.

regards.
--
Jake

Thanks allot

steve wrote:

Some critiques please.

http://www.saHOSTplus.com


Steve,


I'd

reduce the amount of data under each of the hosting options so that

you

can position all four options on one horizontal line across the page
(similar to what you have on the webHosting.htm page). That way I

don't

have to scroll down to see them all. (Yes, the nav bar does this,

but

the visitor's eye will be attracted to the boxed images).
Do something to visually differentiate the three kinds of hosting,

perhaps a small system unit, then a larger one, then a big one.

What do you mean by system unit?

The image of the computer itself. The term 'system unit' is sometimes
used to identify just the box containing the microprocessor, hard drive,
etc., to distinguish it from 'computer', which includes the display,
keyboard, mouse, and other peripheral devices.

- There are four little icons at the top right. I didn't know

what

the star represented until I read the text in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen. Perhaps a tooltip would help.


I think NS does not support alt tag.
What kind of tooltip you have on mind?

NS does support alt=, but not in the way IE does (which is not as
defined in the HTML spec). So actually you may not be able to do this
the way I suggested. Frankly, I prefer words to icons; in this case you
need to explain the icon, so you might as well just use the words and
skip the icon altogether.

Chris Beall

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:36:23 +0200, steve <NOSPAMstoianstoian (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

or how talking browsers or screen-readers are going to navigate?

http://www.gododdin.demon.co.uk/ng/SA_2X.JPG

I do not understand that, please explain for me.
...
(e) I'd suggest you terminate each of the entries Reseller Hosting
and
Dedicated Servers panels with a punctuation mark (comma, full-stop,
semi-colon) to prevent words being run together when being spoken by
a
talking browser/screen-browser.

I did not understand, please explain.

Some vision-impaired people use devices which read the page out loud.
These devices cannot handle images, obviously. If punctuation is missing,
the reader might run things together you didn't intend.