Topic: OXYGEN WEBSITE [community] (Page 1 of 1)

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[This message has been edited by Janny (edited 10-21-2002).]

Yup, interactivity does exist. Some of the pages on your site don't yet, though, so I just went with what I could see.

I like the design. Clean and simple. There are a few things that I would like to comment on, though:

1) I don't really like the way you take over the status bar. Maybe this is just a personal preference, but I like seeing the url pop up when I mouse over something. I suppose it's not bad, though, as long as you make sure every link shows something in the status bar (the "create" link in the bottom right corner, for example, doesn't show anything). Personally, I would just make every link clear enough so that the user can figure out where it goes without having to look at the status bar. If you really want to include extra info, try the alt tag (that's what it's there for).

2) In the three drop-down menus on the bottom... what does "PureHybrid Linkage" mean? It's a bit confusing, since it apparently is not a selection, but it doesn't look like a default, either. If that's just there to be cute, I would recommend changing it to something the user will recognize as not being a choice.

3) What's with the "Trouble Shooting Section"--when I first saw it, I thought it referred to the whole row of buttons (post, view, rules, mod). I'm guessing, though, that it only refers to the "mod" button. I think the reason for this confusion is that the four buttons are all grouped closely together, and the "trouble shooting section" box is separate, so it looks like it refers to the entire group. An easy way to prevent this confusion would be to remove the "mod" box from the other three by a pixel or so.

4) There's a bug with the "refresh" button in the weblog area. When I hit the "mod" button, I get a "you are not authorized to view this page" in the weblog box. If I hit the refresh button after that, though, it wipes out the page and reloads just the "news in general" box--all by itself at the top of the page. Honestly, I'm not sure why you need the refresh button in the first place. The "overall news" (which, by the way, I think you should just change to something like "main" or "general," to fit more with "news in general") button takes me back to the main news page, so why would I need to refresh. My advice: just take the "refresh" button out.

5) This might have something to do with the fact that the site isn't done yet, but why does that graphic take up so much space? Is something going to go there in the future?

That's about it for now, I guess. Good luck and have fun.




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Umm... why did you remove the link to the site?

~sigh~


Seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

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Inflatable fire Vrs Deflatable Water

Um Janny, why did you just sign up under another Userame?

Doing stuff like that is likely to annoy people around here. It just creates more confusion than is really needed. I'm sure there's a decent reason but if you don't tell people then chances are the'll think your trying to hide something when they find out.

Maybe you should just pop into the main Ozone forum and drop a lil post in there letting every one know that you've changed your username. Tiz the respectful thing to do.

Thanks for puttin the link back.

Hey, nice site. Love the colours, well except for the rollovers -- I don't like oversaturated blues.

Very k10k like... Interactivity? Most the links are broken so I can't really comment on that.

I'd have to agree with suho on the status bar issue. It's not adding ~anything~ to the site. It says exactly the same as the menu links themselves so why bother repeating the information? If your going the extra mile to do that you may as well put something usefull in there.


[This message has been edited by Dracusis (edited 10-22-2002).]

Hey Dracusis, the link in my signature should settle it, I hope.

Inflatable fire Vrs Deflatable Water

Right, ok.

Probably not the best solution but that's ok. You really didn't need to change your username -- not that it matters too much. It's just a tad confusing if you don't know what going on. I still think you should drop a little post in the main Ozone forum about this, it woud help clear things up as not many poeple come down to the site reviews forum.

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Edit: Heh, just caught your post in the PS forum. Never mind my pervious ^ comments then.

[This message has been edited by Dracusis (edited 10-22-2002).]

Narcosis: Before we get back to the site review I should say that we don't delete users bet if you go into your Janny profile and type a garbage password in that you'll never remember and then log yourself out it should eliminate the chance of anyone ever using the identity again. If you want someone else to do it to be sure you can send the details to myself or another Mad Scientist or Psychotic and they will do it for you (its been done before).

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