Visual Guide

m0dulus — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 19:21:36 +0000

The main thing I noticed was that when I moved my mouse around on your site, I was bombarded by a lot of dhtml layers of text.. I really don't enjoy this, as I was trying to find somewhere where I could rest my mouse without these layers popping up!

I then click on the Tell Me More link and I get:

Permission denied

Which makes me feel unwelcome - and so I left..

I like your design though.. just try to tone down the layers.

The Webmistress — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:35:40 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by citron
You aren't meant to see the dots! I can't see them on my screen. They are gifs preloading, so that when you step to the second page the display is very fast. Do you know how I can hide these better?

To preload an image use a preload script rather than squahing up the actual image.

citron — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:55:17 +0000

Fabien,

Gee thanks.

The link on the spreadsheet graphic isn't actually a link. It looks like one because of the hand mouse-pointer. However this is just the result of the dynamic rollover whereby the static gif gets animated.

Does anyone know how to prevent the hand showing???

Stephen

citron — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:31:06 +0000

megan jack,

Thanks for thinking of me. I'll get the book.

Stephen

fabien — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 19:36:53 +0000

I just tested your site on 1024*768. It looks good.

Regarding your page: http://www.visualguide.com/beta/products_excel.asp?company=C1&beta=

Links on your pictures don't work.

Megan — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:25:17 +0000

citron - this book might be helpful to you. This link is to a review of "Don't Make Me Think" - a usability book by Steve Krug. When I was reading the review I thought of your site:

"Don't make me think. It means that as far as humanly possible, when I look at a Web page it should be self-evident. Obvious. Self-explanatory. I should be able to 'get it' - what it is and how to use it - without expending any effort thinking about it."

http://www.ecommercebase.com/article.php/443

citron — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:54:32 +0000

webmistress thanks again.

I'll think about the white.

You aren't meant to see the dots! I can't see them on my screen. They are gifs preloading, so that when you step to the second page the display is very fast. Do you know how I can hide these better?

I have now added a tag that explains the tour popup, and so this should be less confusing now.

I'll look into the 800x600 thing.

Thanks again.

Stephen

The Webmistress — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:23:30 +0000

I would say just have a white background, instead of both. I just think it looks much more professional.

What are the dots at the bottom for - images width="1" height="0" ??

Also at 800*600 there is a horizontal scroll bar on the next page in.

The other confusing thing I find is all the pop up windows when you "Take the tour"

citron — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 14:11:28 +0000

webmistress,

Thanks for your comments.

I have now edited the original post to link to the site itself without the 'helpful' beta window popup. I hope that this will help make things less confusing.

I will attend to the logo as you suggest.

Given that there is now no blue popup, Are you saying the white should be instead of the green background, or of the yellow text background?

Thanks to both of you.....

Stephen

The Webmistress — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:58:25 +0000

As far as design, the site needs to look far more professional and as Megan says a white background for the whole page (without coloured boxes) helps an awful lot. Stick to some basic colours for all sections of the site.

The Visual Guide logo & tick, look very blurred. I would look at redoing that to make it sharper.

I too was very, very confused and must admit to giving up trying to figure it all out!