So much for "harsh" criticism. I must confess Telstra's site is no better, it still uses tables for layout. However we are addressing this at substantial cost. One of our biggest problems though is in dealing with design companies who profess that they are aware of our standards and accessibility requirement then go and build sites just like this one.
Web standards is not just a "nice to have". These days with the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) online requirement it is an essential cornerstone of web design. IMHO all graphic designers and other developers who develop for the web, be they coders or not, should attend a course on web standards and accessible design. Graham Cook -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Natalie Buxton Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2004 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Siter Review Please I'm far from the best designer around, but I'll try and give you some constructive feedback. 1. From a design angle, the page is lovely to look at (see, we can be nice here!). 2. Using tables for layout is totalyl unnecessary and totally against what this list is about. 3. Use of spans when you could just style the actual table, tr, td or p tags etc. 4. Use of br when you used spans - use divs instead to create a break or use CSS to insert margin/padding 5. Alt text on images that are spacers - they don't need alt text at all. (Its bad enough that they are used as it is). 6. Tried to check out your hot logo design with images turned off, but the page tells me nothing about what I would be looking at. Who was the client? what was the project? were their limitations or awards involved? Because you are a graphic designer, and not a web designer I'm not going to go all our like Graham of Telstra and say "Crap". That's harsh and really not constructive. I also feel your use of serif fonts is fine, as long as you keep it for headings and never use it for paragraph text. HTH Natalie On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 21:47:21 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just want to get some feedback about aesthetics and design on my > site if possible please and also the funcionality. Yes it is designed > in tables but still I would like some criticism please. > > J.LinasDesign > Graphic Designer > http://www.jlinasdesign.com/ > -- Website Designer/Developer www.nataliebuxton.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
