Simple site check!

[kellysaux]

I've got a markup for a pretty basic site for a client and was hoping I could get some feedback as far as any problems you may have. Please let me know what platform and browser you are using. I'm especially interested in the PC users as this site was developed and tested primarily on a Mac with IE5.0 and NE6.2.

Thanks as always!

http://www.raybrown.biz/markup.html

[kellysaux]

I have started a new thread to compare the original navigation idea and yet another alternative with no pop-up window. Please give me your impressions at

http://talkgraphics.infopop.net/1/Op...005#6651913005

[kellysaux]

Can I get you guys take on this variation instead of the pop-up design ?

http://raybrown.biz/redirect.html

It should resize your window on the opening page and center when you enter the site. The redirect selects your browser type to resize to the right size taking into account the NE4 bug with the resizeTo action.
The site is resized but you should be able the window is still resizeable...

Better ? Worst ??? Thanks!

[diane buenger]

I know you're asking for technical feedback, but first I have to say what a nice clean professional job you've done. Hat's off.

The only technical thing I noticed is that when the second site window opens [launch] - it jumps from its initial position to the center of my monitor (at 1200X1024). I'm viewing the site on IE 6.02, Windows.

Just curious, what is the rationale behind opening the second window?

Cheers
Diane

[diane buenger]

resizing my browser makes me very cranky. Your "click to enter site" is off the page after resize. The next window I opened - not related to this board, opened in your configuration AAAARRRRGGGGGG!

[dalel]

I am using Windows 98.

I noticed what Diane did, the jumping of the window from the top left to center. There was a pronounced delay, then the jump, in Netscape 4.7.

The popup window is fairly small on my monitor (1024 X 768 res). It's kinda funky that the original "splash" window stays open full screen and the "main" site is in this little popup.
And the popup cannot be resized. Aaaaaaargh!

Are you sure you want to deny visitors the ability to print your pages, or use their Forward and Back buttons? This is one of those "annoyance factors" that can keep your website from being bookmarked or revisited.

Why have the intro screen at all? Your logo is right their on your "home" page, and it is annoying to have to click again to "really" enter the site.

Love the bgcolor and microphone, and the positioning of the mike. Very nice!
The design is very clean and professional.

IE 5.5 - Everything looks great, but the rollovers are very slow.

In Opera 5.1 - looks great, and the speed of loading and rollovers was great!

Netscape 4.7 - same as Opera, pronounced jump of popup when it firsts opens.

Hope this helps! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

Dale

Why, I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir, because I’m not myself, you know...
- Lewis Carroll

[This message was edited by Dale Landry on June 02, 2002 at 21:49.]

[This message was edited by Dale Landry on June 02, 2002 at 21:51.]

[jayo]

I dig that layout.. Nice JOb!!

[BobInce]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I hate how a site that only uses a small area looks when someone is using a 22" monitor with a high resolution and his browser window is open all the way.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Then why not use a liquid design that expands to fill however much space is available? Or if you can't do that, you could at least try to centre the content horizontally so it doesn't look lop-sided.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>does anyone know how to resize someone's window to a specific size<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

window.resizeTo(x, y), but please reconsider. You cannot know what is a convenient window size for the current user, and resizing their window for them is likely to annoy.

(Your site is already unnecessarily inaccessible to users with JavaScript turned off and those for whom the fixed-size fonts are too tiny.)

[kellysaux]

I've got a markup for a pretty basic site for a client and was hoping I could get some feedback as far as any problems you may have. Please let me know what platform and browser you are using. I'm especially interested in the PC users as this site was developed and tested primarily on a Mac with IE5.0 and NE6.2.

Thanks as always!

http://www.raybrown.biz/markup.html

[kellysaux]

thanks for the comments.
I used the window pop-up because I hate how a site that only uses a small area looks when someone is using a 22" monitor with a high resolution and his browser window is open all the way. Then the site is this little lost thing in the upper left corner.
In turn does anyone know how to resize someone's window to a specific size. Not a pop-up just an regular index page like the first page on my site ? Is there any script that can do that ? If I could do that and set the person's browser window to a size that fit the site, I would not use that pop-up style design.