Comments on: This is the kind of website every web designer should design http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/ Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lelika http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-758388 Lelika Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:20:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-758388 An interesting point of view:If you have a site to share that isn’t your own, where there is no conflict of interest, and that you KNOW converts visitors to buyers, please share your favorite ... Photo Gifts - are you looking for an amazing gift? www.bagsoflove.co.uk An interesting point of view:If you have a site to share that isn’t your own, where there is no conflict of interest, and that you KNOW converts visitors to buyers, please share your favorite …
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]]> By: busy http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-46621 busy Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:39:13 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-46621 I'm impressed with one thing. With just scanning and half-reading the homepage, I have an almost complete idea of the service and what they're about, what it can do, and what I'd use it for if I got it. I don't really have any significant questions and I didn't have to click on anything at all. On the downside, I think it could be prettier. It looks ok, but it could look better. I’m impressed with one thing. With just scanning and half-reading the homepage, I have an almost complete idea of the service and what they’re about, what it can do, and what I’d use it for if I got it. I don’t really have any significant questions and I didn’t have to click on anything at all.

On the downside, I think it could be prettier. It looks ok, but it could look better.

]]> By: Mathew Patterson http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43903 Mathew Patterson Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:54:06 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43903 Most of the commenters seem to be missing the point of Andrew's post. Nearly all of Andrew's positive comments about the site refer to the content - the copy, the simplicity, the easy access to more information. Whereas the comments are all about visual design. A beautifully laid out page with perfect typography but poor messaging will not convince people to buy. Most of the commenters seem to be missing the point of Andrew’s post. Nearly all of Andrew’s positive comments about the site refer to the content - the copy, the simplicity, the easy access to more information.

Whereas the comments are all about visual design. A beautifully laid out page with perfect typography but poor messaging will not convince people to buy.

]]> By: alienbrain http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43515 alienbrain Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:04:44 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43515 Eh, the site is not visually pleasant nor that readable, I don't like the comparison with other competitors; it's low. It's also slow and all menu items are images, plus, it's using tables all over the place which questions its accessbility. It was made in the 99's ? Eh, the site is not visually pleasant nor that readable, I don’t like the comparison with other competitors; it’s low. It’s also slow and all menu items are images, plus, it’s using tables all over the place which questions its accessbility. It was made in the 99’s ?

]]> By: aneitlich http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43354 aneitlich Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:46:25 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43354 jendy, Please, call me Andrew, and please, read my blog in full where I indicate that I have nothing to do with the company. Also, I don't play golf. jendy,

Please, call me Andrew, and please, read my blog in full where I indicate that I have nothing to do with the company.

Also, I don’t play golf.

]]> By: jendy http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43329 jendy Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43329 "This is the kind of website every web designer should design"... I don’t think it's that good at all! - The design does not account for 800x600 screens - Typography needs improving i.e line height (all the rows of text are too close) - too much scrolling for the home page that's just what jumped out after a 5 second glance of the home page. Be interesting to know if the owner is a business acquaintance of Mr Neitlich...maybe they play golf together. “This is the kind of website every web designer should design”…

I don’t think it’s that good at all!

- The design does not account for 800×600 screens
- Typography needs improving i.e line height (all the rows of text are too close)
- too much scrolling for the home page

that’s just what jumped out after a 5 second glance of the home page.

Be interesting to know if the owner is a business acquaintance of Mr Neitlich…maybe they play golf together.

]]> By: UrbanNomad60 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43204 UrbanNomad60 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:17:08 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-43204 I wouldn't say it's a blatent copy of Skype. It does have some similarities, but if you look at the source code, it's very different. The Skype site is nice clean code, this carbonite site is a very ugly piece of work. There's code mixed in with the content, tables, a mixture of VBscript and jscript, Flash for no good reason, no alt tags on images, etc. So as an example of web design it's poor, but I think what the original comment was about was the marketing style; ie: upfront. Mind you I had to search to find the "Win XP only" information, so a more accurate description would be backup for any "Win XP PC" I wouldn’t say it’s a blatent copy of Skype. It does have some similarities, but if you look at the source code, it’s very different. The Skype site is nice clean code, this carbonite site is a very ugly piece of work. There’s code mixed in with the content, tables, a mixture of VBscript and jscript, Flash for no good reason, no alt tags on images, etc. So as an example of web design it’s poor, but I think what the original comment was about was the marketing style; ie: upfront.
Mind you I had to search to find the “Win XP only” information, so a more accurate description would be backup for any “Win XP PC”

]]> By: Hmmmm http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42759 Hmmmm Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:15:19 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42759 This seems like a blatant copy of the Skype site to me (http://www.skype.com/). The grey fade at the top, speech bubbles, element positioning. It just looks like a complete copy. Logo is very weak too. The service does have it's good point too though. However I would always be careful to differentiate my service based mainly on price as this does as you always have to make sure you're the cheapest. They may (or may not) be now but if someone else launches cheaper then they've lost their USP. This seems like a blatant copy of the Skype site to me (http://www.skype.com/). The grey fade at the top, speech bubbles, element positioning. It just looks like a complete copy.

Logo is very weak too.

The service does have it’s good point too though. However I would always be careful to differentiate my service based mainly on price as this does as you always have to make sure you’re the cheapest. They may (or may not) be now but if someone else launches cheaper then they’ve lost their USP.

]]> By: okrika http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42714 okrika Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:25:41 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42714 I looked at the site and didn't see anything so great to inspire me to design a site like that.The site backgroung does not blend seamlessly with the logo and the graphical images.In the bottom where it says try it out, the graphical images are not clikable only the text below the graphical images are clicable. I looked at the site and didn’t see anything so great to inspire me to design a site like that.The site backgroung does not blend seamlessly with the logo and the graphical images.In the bottom where it says try it out, the graphical images are not clikable only the text below the graphical images are clicable.

]]> By: DC_todd http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42614 DC_todd Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:14:22 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/08/02/this-is-the-kind-of-website-every-web-designer-should-design/#comment-42614 dude. that site is plain jane....you don't have to overdue it but come on...plain jane. those flash graphics are too tall...the information is too far down on the page.....I'm a flash guy too...and they haven't put in the active x fix yet. They should try a plain colored background color and keep the white behind the text to make it a page effect and give it a little more contrast. most "developers" have no idea about design....and vice versa...every once in a while someone can do both or have at least the sense to do both. dude. that site is plain jane….you don’t have to overdue it but come on…plain jane. those flash graphics are too tall…the information is too far down on the page…..I’m a flash guy too…and they haven’t put in the active x fix yet. They should try a plain colored background color and keep the white behind the text to make it a page effect and give it a little more contrast. most “developers” have no idea about design….and vice versa…every once in a while someone can do both or have at least the sense to do both.

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