Re: [WSG] Redesigning an eyesore
Looks good, a big improvement on the old site, especially because you removed the Java navigation elements. I have just one query, the menus at the top only appear when clicked, is this the intended behaviour? I expected that they would appear when the mouse was over them. I was viewing the site in Firefox 1.0 on WinXP SP2. Ryan S ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Redesigning an eyesore
Wow, you've really made a HUGE improvement there! It looks great now, even without comparing it to the old site. In fact the old site made firefox crash for me! Good job! Erwin Heiser wrote: Hello all, I just finished my redesign of the website of a local dance school. It¹s a site that has been an eyesore for years so I jumped on the opportunity for a standards-based redesign when it presented itself a few months ago. The URL: http://www.terpsichore.be Big deal I can hear you think but compare this to the previous site: http://www.terpsichore.be/oldsite/index.html Yes, it¹s all there: no doctype, framesets, applets for navigation, animated gifs and lots of lovely Frontpage generated tag soup (I¹m not even going to mention the layout or design). On some pages the weight was reduced from 54kb to 10 or 11kb (you do the math). In fact the largest page on the current site is 20kb, that¹s the gallery holding all the teachers resumes (docenten for all you non-dutch speaking people ;-) ). I used the drop-down menu from http://www.gazingus.org/html/Using_Lists_for_DHTML_Menus.html which degrades nicely in the absence of css and degrades well in older browsers. I've tested it on Mac: Safari, Firefox, Netscape, Omniweb and PC: IE6, Netscape and Firefox. Only Opera shifts the dropdown list-items some 35px to the right for some reason. The only thing that still needs some work are the tables holding the class schedule to make them more accessible. I¹m not going to change anything on the design (for now) but it just seemed like a good showcase for web standards since you can easily compare the new version with the old one. Any and all comments appreciated and sorry for the long post! Erwin Heiser. ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.8 - Release Date: 03/01/2005 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Redesigning an eyesore
-Original Message- From: Erwin Heiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 7 January 2005 12:07 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Redesigning an eyesore Hello all, I just finished my redesign of the website of a local dance school. The URL: http://www.terpsichore.be Any and all comments appreciated and sorry for the long post! I definitely like the new look of your page. No question. I am not a big fan of those dropdowns, though. Why do I have to click on the primary item to get the dropdown? It forces the user to make an additional click that is not really necessary. The good old mouseOver would do the job much better, I think. In particular as there is no choice: if I want to navigate your site I need the navigation items that are currently hidden. One other thing I noticed lately: most standards-based websites suddenly start to look the same. They've got this A-List-Apart look on them: centered, 800px wide, horizontal navigation at the top. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the second you see that design style you know it was done by a fan of web standards. I wonder where this comes from? Sorry, this sounds like I am only complaining about your site. These were just two things that came to my mind. But in general I really like the new design. HTH. Andreas Boehmer User Experience Consultant Phone: (03) 9417 0468 Mobile: (0411) 097 038 http://www.addictiveMedia.com.au Consulting | Accessibility | Usability | Development ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
