Originally Posted by k9krazee
You're not using the full screen resolution available. There are extremely large margins on both the left and the right. Most resolutions computers use are 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 so I would take that into consideration, as well.
Your color scheme is extremely dark. If you were to print out this as a paper prototype you would lose a lot because the colors you chose do not contrast well. A trick I was taught to deal with contrasting colors for For/Mid/Back Ground is to print it out in black and white.
I've been taught that for nagivation you should not have to scroll down at all to see all of the available options. Also, why is the header so big? You want the website itself to be the main purpose, NOT the header.
I don't know how I feel about your navigation being in the typeface Broadway. I think you should look up and use websafe fonts, like Times New Roman or Verdana for example.
-Rich (the bf of k9krazee)
These are just my opinions as a graphic design student.
Thanks for your feedback. I actually was aiming for larger margins on the side.. I forgot my laptop has a higher resolution than my desktop (a couple use 800x600, a couple use 1024x768). So I actually went and made the left and right margins even larger.. I wasn't aiming for using the full screen.
Also thanks for pointing out the color scheme. I thought it might have been a little dark but like mentioned, he has already seen it and only asked the logo to be changed slightly. Everything else was fine by the client. I plan to suggest changing font color -- But in the end, it's his decision.. not mine.
Again like mentioned, he has seen the first version and liked the emphasis on the header. Not my personal style, but not my site either.
For the body text, I use websafe fonts. Seeing as how the navigation buttons are images, it's as websafe as any other image on the site..
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