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Need opinions (also posted at alt.html.critique, forgot to include AWW) Tina Peters 07-11-2008
Posted by Tina Peters on July 11, 2008, 11:42 am
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Hi all,

I posted this elsewhere and didn't really get any useful feedback. While I
appreciate comments like "nice colors!" or "code doesn't validate!" I'm
basically interested in the navigation and flow of information. I spent
days trying to get the navigation in a logical order, which seems like it
should be a simple task...heh. I'm still wondering if there are too many
click throughs before you actually get to the heart of the information.
Feel free to comment on the look and feel as well.

Site here: www.servermanagementplus.com

Thanks in advance!

--
Tina Peters
AxisHOST.com
Serving the web since 1997


Posted by Brian Cryer on July 11, 2008, 12:09 pm
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> Hi all,
>
> I posted this elsewhere and didn't really get any useful feedback. While
> I
> appreciate comments like "nice colors!" or "code doesn't validate!" I'm
> basically interested in the navigation and flow of information. I spent
> days trying to get the navigation in a logical order, which seems like it
> should be a simple task...heh. I'm still wondering if there are too many
> click throughs before you actually get to the heart of the information.
> Feel free to comment on the look and feel as well.
>
> Site here: www.servermanagementplus.com

Hi Tina.

I suspect you didn't get any meaningful feedback (othre than things like
colours, validation or use of tables for layout) because visually I think it
looks very good. The information I wanted to find I could easily enough.
Looks good, and I thought the navigation was clear and didn't require too
many clicks.

The two comments I would make, which I accept perhaps comes under your
heading of "not useful feedback":

1. is that on a small browser window (I run mine small so I can fit a number
on my screen) is that some of the columns looks crampt (for example on your
"Current Server Packages page). Floating the contents of each column rather
than forcing it with a table might look better.

2. There is a lot of wasted white space on the left. Perhaps this is because
I run my windows small, its not so noticable if I run full screen.

I'm sure that you have spent more time considering the layout options than I
have in my brief visit. All in all, I thought very good and clear.
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Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian



Posted by Tina Peters on July 11, 2008, 9:52 pm
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I posted this elsewhere and didn't really get any useful feedback. While
>> I
>> appreciate comments like "nice colors!" or "code doesn't validate!" I'm
>> basically interested in the navigation and flow of information. I spent
>> days trying to get the navigation in a logical order, which seems like it
>> should be a simple task...heh. I'm still wondering if there are too many
>> click throughs before you actually get to the heart of the information.
>> Feel free to comment on the look and feel as well.
>>
>> Site here: www.servermanagementplus.com
>
> Hi Tina.
>
> I suspect you didn't get any meaningful feedback (othre than things like
> colours, validation or use of tables for layout) because visually I think
> it looks very good. The information I wanted to find I could easily
> enough. Looks good, and I thought the navigation was clear and didn't
> require too many clicks.
>
> The two comments I would make, which I accept perhaps comes under your
> heading of "not useful feedback":
>
> 1. is that on a small browser window (I run mine small so I can fit a
> number on my screen) is that some of the columns looks crampt (for example
> on your "Current Server Packages page). Floating the contents of each
> column rather than forcing it with a table might look better.
>
> 2. There is a lot of wasted white space on the left. Perhaps this is
> because I run my windows small, its not so noticable if I run full screen.
>
> I'm sure that you have spent more time considering the layout options than
> I have in my brief visit. All in all, I thought very good and clear.
> --
> Brian Cryer
> www.cryer.co.uk/brian


Ahh! Thank you for the feedback on both navigation and the small screen
issue. Very helpful and much appreciated!

--Tina


Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on July 11, 2008, 1:38 pm
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On 2008-07-11, Tina Peters wrote:
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> Site here: www.servermanagementplus.com

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Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://Woodbine-Gerrard.com>
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Posted by me on July 11, 2008, 9:15 pm
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Tina Peters wrote:

>I posted this elsewhere and didn't really get any useful feedback. While I
>appreciate comments like "nice colors!" or "code doesn't validate!" I'm
>basically interested in the navigation and flow of information. I spent
>days trying to get the navigation in a logical order, which seems like it
>should be a simple task...heh. I'm still wondering if there are too many
>click throughs before you actually get to the heart of the information.
>Feel free to comment on the look and feel as well.

Please tell me that when you say "code doesn't validate" isn't useful
feedback," that you mean that you fixed the validation errors and are
now looking for navigation feedback. Please don't tell me that when
you say "code doesn't validate" isn't useful feedback, that you mean
that you are ignoring the validation errors.





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