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airattack111 -> Rate my site (2/7/2005 2:31:18)

www.kfx400hq.com

I think it looks good, but the homepage could use something... mabye less text more graphics.

Input would help, Thanks!!



piquet -> RE: Rate my site (2/7/2005 12:07:00)

1) missing Image (where it says new template)

2) "This site is best viewed with a computer" .... Pleeeaaaase!!!??

3) Should be Kawasaki releases THEIR new....or even more correctly "ITS".

4) Had to scroll slightly on 800x600, make the page max. 780 pixels.

5) Someone will say something about white text on black! [:@]

6) Took ages to load (56K dial-up) ... we can't all afford broadband, so definetly no more images.

7) only looked at first page!

Layout OK though!



airattack111 -> RE: Rate my site (2/7/2005 13:48:57)

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ORIGINAL: piquet

1) missing Image (where it says new template) "Works for everyone else, must be your dial-up lmao"

2) "This site is best viewed with a computer" .... Pleeeaaaase!!!?? "It's hilarious, lol"

3) Should be Kawasaki releases THEIR new....or even more correctly "ITS". "Ok thatnks"

4) Had to scroll slightly on 800x600, make the page max. 780 pixels. "Lazy"

5) Someone will say something about white text on black! [:@] "Whats text should I use then?"

6) Took ages to load (56K dial-up) ... we can't all afford broadband, so definetly no more images. "I don't know a way to fix this"

7) only looked at first page! "Nice..."

Layout OK though! "Thanks, thats what i was worried about, I still think it needs something...
"




Donkey -> RE: Rate my site (2/7/2005 14:38:20)

Re Piquet's point 3. Kawasaki is a singular entity "their" is definitely wrong "its" is correct but still sounds odd (to me) I would just use the word "the".

Also the side scroll is annoying I would consider changing to 780px width or using percentages for a fluid layout, rather than dismissing people who don't like scrolling as "lazy". It's not about being too lazy to scroll, it's that when the viewer can't see the whole of the width at one time the page is more difficult to read.

Regarding the white on black text, I don't have a problem with this but IMHO the times new roman font is a no no, I would change it to verdana or even arial. Serif fonts when white reversed out of black can look slightly blurred and are difficult to read.

I would add some mouseover effect to the navigation links on the left, a simple colour change would make a lot of difference.



Nicole -> RE: Rate my site (2/7/2005 15:50:57)

Hi Airattack,

It seems you were fixing some of the previously raised points as i was viewing your site, glad you removed that times new roman font, it looked so out of place on such a modern site.

I "think" you've nailed the feel of the site for your target audience, i'd assume that target is males from say 16-35?

Assuming that is your target audience, a lot will appreciate that site for what it is and how it's designed, as they'll have the latest equipment to view it properly, but you're also looking at extremes here, those i've mentioned and those who don't have a clue about computers. So, some of them will be using old pc's with high screen resolutions and dial-up connections. It took 50+ seconds to load your site on my dial-up which is very slow, and at 800 x 600 the horizontal scrollbar has to go!

quote:

2) "This site is best viewed with a computer" .... Pleeeaaaase!!!?? "It's hilarious, lol"


You might think it's hilarious, but it actually detracts from your site noticably. It's the first actual piece of text on your site, usually the most important things are written first. Your site is viewable in IE, Firefox and Opera at 1024 x 768 and above, so why not say that, but why not also put that somewhere else on the site, like at the bottom of the first page? Not everyone shares the same sense of humour, and humour can be a very hard thing to convey over a webpsge written like that. I guarantee most viewers of your site will be scratching their heads at the meaning of such a statement.

Nicole



airattack111 -> RE: Rate my site (2/7/2005 19:36:20)

Ok I fixed alot of stuff, its a little better in 800*600, but i hate it because you scroll over and its black. I cant delete the little cells or w/e.

Anyways, look at the Quad of the month pic, and pic of the month pic. there both the same exact size if you look at the properties, but why does one look bigger?

I still dont really like the look of the site, It jsut needs something...



dzirkelb1 -> RE: Rate my site (2/9/2005 13:46:48)

To me, it seems the left nav bar's grey color seems to stick out an awfully lot...and the text doesn't seem to match with the flow of the site, maybe its its size or font...i'm unsure. Have you tried placing the text horizontally where the welcome is?



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