Another Design Critique

[Dris]

Okies, I'm currently working on another site right now. So far, this is what I've got on the design:

http://dcbeta.dyndns.org:4000/index.html

What do you think? Not quite done yet...There's a tree I wanna photograph which I'll be using, among other things.

Reviews are appreciated! Thanks.

 

[Natobasso]

Hey there sir, nice look with the website! It's got a calm atmosphere which is definitely a refreshing feature in a website these days.

Okay, some critiques. I think your site needs a logo--something I can remember as I travel to your site. You want to be memorable as well as informative. See the top of the macosx.com site here for reference.

You might make the clickable links a bit more obvious like a brighter color than evergreen as they are now. It's important that the viewer's choices are clear as day so you keep them around longer.

Instead of "orient yourself" you might stick to the standard naming convention for that section. Maybe call it "navigation" or something like that.

All in all it's a very cool site with it's own vibe, and the "aqua" graphics are great (or is that my MAC OS X doing that for me? he he)

 

[Dris]

Thanks for the critique!

I've got our other founder working on a logo as we speak. We didn't think to add one before because our site will support multiple skins for registered users. I told him to make it black and white so it's easy to transfer, and large so it's scalable. That should solve the skinning problem.

Hmm...I'll mess with the link colors and see if I can come up with something more recognizable.

That "orient yourself" thing kinda slipped in there. I just got done designing my weblog, and I was in a "nothing can be normal" state of mind. Almost forgot that this site may just see public use.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[Dris]

Okay, we're still working on a logo, but the other two items are done.

I tried many different, lighter link colors, but they all seemed to clash badly with the rest of the design. Instead, I opted for an accessibility option that I read somewhere. When you hover your cursor over a paragraph, the links in it are hilited for those who have trouble seeing them. The effect is surprisingly subtle. What do you think?

Also, I changed "orient yourself" to the regular old "navigation". Problem solved.