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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I don't normally give ratings, but since you asked, here goes: [b]Visual: 7/10[/b] I've got to admit, I like the concept. Contours... yes, it fits. The color scheme is subdued... not terribly exciting, but certainly not jarring. Too many text colors, though. And the main link color doesn't seem to jive with the rest of the color scheme--just a bit too saturated. And why two different link colors for the navigation and the main links? I am also not terribly fond of the "+" background. [b]Content: 8/10[/b] It claims to be an online portfolio, and I think it backs up that claim well enough. The copy is uninspired and could use a spell check, but for the most part it is acceptable. My biggest gripe would be that the tone can't really decide whether it wants to be professional or playful. I would pick one and stick with it (more or less--there's always room to bend the rules, of course, but you have to know when and where). For example, the "people who know me will know that I am kidding" comments--why are they there? People who know you will already know, and people who don't know you will think maybe you're trying a bit too hard to be clever. Still, it gets an 8 because it does what it sets out to do. [b]Usability/IA: 5/10[/b] This is one area where the site really falls down, I think. I suppose my main gripe would be with the navigation--not a single one of those navigation titles conveys to me what it should convey. Root? In an artistic portfolio? I think someone has their metaphors jumbled here. Material--too close to something like "Ingredients." Why not something straightforward, like "Art Work"? Info is probably the best of the bunch, but my beef here is that it does not give me the info I would have expected. It looks more like a mini-resume to me. I had no idea what connect was, but assumed at first glance that it was contact info. "Connect" and "connections" have very different connotations. I would probably opt for something simple like "links," but if you must be different, go with "connections" over "connect." The navigation also does a very good job of not standing out at all. It sits there, a short line of small text links beneath that huge header. There's the other thing--the header really isn't all that huge, but the other elements on the page (stealth navigation, tiny title text within the header itself, etc.) make it look huge. I think you could make it half that size and still be kosher. And the navigation definitely needs to be more noticeable. Even a blank line between it and the text would go a long way. I thought about giving it a 4 here, but the other aspects of the site are reasonably usable, so 5 it is. [b]Code: 2/10[/b] If the site fell down in Usability/IA, then it just whipped out a 9mm, put it to the side of its head, and pulled the trigger here. The table hack, well, it made WarMage sad. I think that pretty much sums it up, don't you? As for the css... you do realize that you could make one font-family declaration in the body tag and be done with it, right? That would probably reduce the size of your CSS by %25. If you're going to go around calling yourself an expert in HTML, you should really keep up with the current trends. Table hacks are so 20th century... By the way, neatly organized code saved this from being a 1... _______________ And that's about it, I suppose. That was a very interesting way of reviewing a site. I'll have to add that to my repertoire. Oh, I almost forgot... despite the occasionally harshness, I do like this better than the last one. You really need to do some work on the code, though, and you need to take usability and information architecture as seriously as you take visual design. ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?id=270]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/1213]Sig Rotator[/url] \| Keeper of the Juicy Bits Loading...
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