Hi David. On Wednesday 22 July 2009 23:03:57 David Laakso wrote: > Reload and take no prisoners.
I have a comment or two, mostly regarding your navigation design, which is only tangentially about CSS. I hope it is not inappropriate. On the page there are 3 main navigation elements; the menu on the left, the number group, and the image itself. There are also links in the text below the image. Links in all 4 of these groups look and behave differently, including different hover states. This makes for a confusing navigation scheme as the user has to constantly guess about what might be a link, since the design offers them no guarantee that having found one link they'll be able to identify others. Changing the design to provide a consistent interface on all your links will remove that discomfort for the user. I'm not suggesting that they need be identical but a single consistent attribute across all links, be it colour, typeface or whatever, can go a long way in helping your visitors find their way on your site. The number navigation links seem to me to be either too prominent, or not prominent enough. Their hover state is barely different which makes them the hardest links of all to identify, and there are no clues nearby as to the fact that they can be used to navigate. Perhaps you intend to do this in the text above, in which case ignore me :) I'm sorry to go on but I'm not much good at explaining myself in few words. I have just one more comment. The phrase "view the site live" I also found confusing. It wasn't clear to me what "the site" meant in this context. Perhaps a change of wording to something more explicit like "explore the full website built from this design". I hope this doesn't come off as harsh, I just strongly believe in the power of a good navigation design to enhance any website. Cheers, Mark ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
