Mitch,
I have to say - excellent job, very nice. I do have some comments,
and this is not just you but nearly all the web 2.0 sites:
- No Javascript
Since it depends on JavaScript, and you don't want to make it work in
web 1.0, then add the following:
<noscript>
This site requires JavaScript to be enabled!
</noscript>
It is really odd to see a site go gun-ho with a fancy like web 2.0. It
must it taking alot of work, yet, they don't do some basic
fundamentals.
- Font Size Scaling
Don't assume one size fits all. For me, my eyes are not like it use
to be. So many times I hit ctrl + a few times to increase the size..
Many sites don't scale correctly when the fonts change. Plus, it
really looks fantastic to be able to increase the web site font size
on a large flat screen! You would be able to demo your web site and
people see it from a distance. :-)
For your web site,
1) why restrict the width size? Make it work with 2 4 or 5% left and
width margins.
2) You will see the run off in tab 1 if you don't auto-fit the
content.
3) Tab 2 is all messy when the font size has changed. More below with
tab 2.
4) Tab 3 is perfect, It scales correctly (but will look better if the
width was wider).
About tab 2, very nice looking, but there is so much.
- Make it work in full screen!
- Maybe another tab?
- Make the location an accordion too?
- How about group it by region
- North East States
- Mid East States
- South East States
- North Central States
- Mid Central States
- South Central States
- North West States
- Mid West States
- South West States
Or just North, Mid, South or East, Central, West.
Other than that - Great job!
--
HLS
On Aug 29, 6:21 pm, Mitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Mitchies. Rating the Best GUI Plugins
>
> My interface is an example of what a novice non programmer can do
> using jQuery and a number of its best plugins.
>
> The goal was to build a GUI that contained a large number of web 2.0
> features, meaning controls that gave a desktop experience inside the
> browser. Besides wanting to upgrade my very popular avian search
> engine (http://www.whatbird.com), I wanted to see how far I could go,
> how many controls could I use to make my GUI inviting and modern. I
> also wanted to see how such a GUI would work in the various browsers,
> such as IE and FF. I wanted to see how fragile javascirpted web 2.0
> pages were.
>
> I stumbled upon jQuery and instantly saw its value. Then I dived in.
> The resulting project was an inspiration to me because of how much I
> could accomplish with so little code. I had to become familiar with a
> large number of topics that were very technical, but I had a lot of
> hand holding and help from thejQuery community.
>
> Below I have listed the plugins I have used in the whatbird GUI. Three
> stand out. I have given links to these so you can go get the plugin
> and try it. But you can see how it works right here by just going to
> the tab above calledSearch.
>
> I decided to give each plugin my own "mitchie" which is essentially my
> own plugin rating from 1 to 5 like the kind you see on Amazon. The
> winners are cycle from Mike Alsup, tabs by Klaus Hartl and accordian
> by John Resig.
>
> You can see the details and winners here:
>
> http://www.whatbird.com/wwwroot/Components/Complete_Search_Tab.html
>
> Thanks Mike, Klaus and Dan.
>
> Mitch
