Preserved Topic: Feedback Wanted... (Page 1 of 1)

Hi, I was hoping that some folks would give me some feedback on a site I've just finished. It's not very graphic, or pretty, but I think it could use some U.I. help. Anyway, it's called <a href="http://www.givetech.com/">Givetech</a> and it's a mechanism for collecting donations for non-profit companies. Anyway, lemme know what you think.<P>. . . d e a n p a x t o n . . .
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I like it very clean not flashy. What you expect for a non-profit. I've seen a few non-profit web sites that are very flashy and I have to ask myself, just how 'non' is your non-profit.<P>However two things did jump out at me.
The first being that you may want to pre-load your mouseovers. I didn't realize that there were mouseovers in the blue menu until I had went through several pages.
The second one is more a personal taste. Your background image main_background.jpg is very nice. I like that water effect. However it doesn't match that 'clean' look you have on the intro / main page (main_page_background.jpg). It kind of threw me off I was looking for something special with a background change like that. But as I said that is a personal issue. It does look very nice regardless.<P>-I'm not a complete idiot,
there are some parts missing.

Very nice. As F1 said, very clean -- nice layout and setup.
The yellow buttons apparently preload, but like F1 said, the blue side mouseover buttons do not -- I wouldn't have known if I hadn't read his post.
I like the water background -- I think it (or something like it) is neccesary to break up all that white -- I would have it on the main page though, so that you don't see on odd transition when you enter the different pages.<P>The only other thing that jumped out is simply a personal preference: that yellow is *really* bright. It'd be nice to see that toned down just a little. And that's my 2 cents : )<P>What care I how time advances? I am drinking Ale today. -- Edgar Allen Poe

Thanks very much for you nice remarks. They mean a lot when the site is new, almost like an informal test/criticism. I will take your recomendations very seriously.<P>I guess the pre-loading on the left menu does not work due to the frames. Which is what my client insisted upon, frames... bah. That frames doesn't pre-load at all, even though I've stuck a pre-load script in there. <P>I'm workin on getting them to elimitate the frames all together, then everything will pre-load nicely. <P>The blue water was just an afterthought. I wanted something to break up the monotony and lead the eye down the page. I will work on another. I do also agree that the yellows are hard on the eyes. <P>. . . d e a n p a x t o n . . .
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I'm a "adult" (most days) student in computer graphics and probably haven't been on the web 30 times yet, so these are impressions from a new/older user. Thanks for a site that I can navigate easily around. I hate searching for buttons and having to wait for a rollover to know what the button links to. And thanks for making it easy to go "home". You wouldn't believe how frustrating it is to be a few pages in and have to be pressing that darn back button. Also I appreciate the consistant look to your pages-at least I know I haven't gone to another site! Just take pity on me (and take a page out graphic design) and make all headings and body copy, buttons everything larger if possible. I personally like the clean looking sites 'cuz they are faster. <IMG SRC="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif">