DaveyBoy — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:34:18 +0000

Thats a very nice clean layout, I like the colour scheme and the fact that its not too graphic-heavy - 56k users would be moaning forever if it was!

Renegade — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:23:25 +0000

Site look: Great - I never seen that kind of design before

Content wise: don't have much,

and one more thing: Don't use absolute width

cordedpoodle — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:01:15 +0000

The site is very clean. That's nice.

However it lacks a certain warmth.

My guess is that the color values contribute to a cold feeling. perhaps a more saturated blue?

Otherwise a couple of tasteful images or a non text logo image might warm it up bit.

deciever — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 04:21:35 +0000

I like the design of the site, but i think it's lacking content.

Its hard to really tell what its about, and like others said, it has alot of empty space.

On a positive note, the design in is really clean. Its easy to see, and navigate.

GlowHost.com — Thu, 20 Feb 2003 02:57:09 +0000

I say it looks good....I'd 86 the submit buttons as they might be just images to newer web users and my opinion of "mystery navigation" is to stay away from it.

My .02

Regards,

Matt

PipeTen — Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:49:07 +0000

Really nice, fresh, design. Clean typography. Good use of colour. Simple and easy to use navigation.

Good stuff!!

Abhishek Reddy — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:03:23 +0000

Looks more like a print brochure than a website. I guess that's refreshing to some, but it doesn't appeal to me.

dmwhipp — Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:00:40 +0000

DSL
800x600
IE5

I have to go with Zoinks on this. What exactly is your site about? You have a lot of empty space to the right of your logo that could perhaps be used to explain the purpose of the site to new visitors.

And to be very honest, little things like "Why to register?" instead of "Why register?" and "Do you want forum..." instad of "Do you want a forum..." lead me to believe it is foreign site that has been translated and will have little interest for me.

I do think you did a nice job of layout and navigation - just let visitors know what the site is all about.

Deborah Whipp
acleverpenny.com

zoinks — Tue, 11 Feb 2003 23:07:05 +0000

Hello designindex,

Hmm. Actually, I have to disagree with hclear. I found your color scheme to be very refreshing and relaxing. I think you should keep it as it is.

What I find lacking is an immediate understanding of what the site is all about. If I just happened to stumble upon your site, I wouldn't know what it was all about. There needs to be some verbage to explain what Design-Index is for, why it's relevant to me, what I can do on it.

The staggered-color bars as substitutes for "Go" bars are creative but misleading. I had a suspicion as to what their purpose was and had to experiment with them. They're also rather narrow and it took a bit more delicate movement to get me to hover over them. I think you might be trying to use a universal symbol; in which case, an arrow button might suffice (and make it a bit larger).

The recessed squares in "Add a new site", "Statistics" and "Join Today" were a tad confusing for me. I now recognize them as being design elements but I first thought that they might be radio buttons which did not load properly on my browser. I wasn't too sure whether they needed to be clicked on. Perhaps you should take them out and replace them with something else.

I hope this feedback is useful. And please don't change the color scheme.

Best Regards,

- zoinks

hclear — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:57:45 +0000

I have to say it all seems a little dull, the colours are very tired and soft looking, not all that impressive and doesnt really tell you what the site is about or what people do there? Perhaps a spruce of some lively colors and a graphic or two would help?