[AccessD] Feedback Needed - Round 2

Thanks.  Stay tuned for Version 3.0.

 


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Eric Barro
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:13 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Feedback Needed - Round 2

Rocky,

It is a definite improvement over the initial release. 

Here's my two cents...

1. Get your web designer to be consistent with the font sizes. Some are
larger than normal and some are normal size. About Us and Home have
inconsistent font sizes.

2. For the boxes, I recommend using some neutral color (be consistent with
the colors as well sincec you don't want it to be too colorful and
distracting) to delineate them from the white background.

3.  The blank grey spot on the main menu is out of place.

4. The navigational elements (main menu) should also be available at the
bottom of the page so that the user doesn't have to scroll up to change to
another section. They don't have to be the same font size, in fact a smaller
than normal font will do.

Narrow and tall isn't necessarily bad. Yes it would be nice to not have to
scroll up or down or left and right but there's no telling what resolution
the user will be looking at the page. Bottom line is...you can't please
everybody. You can use tabs for your pages like the gallery page so that a
user doesn't have to scroll down...they just have to tab over.

Here's an easy to deploy tabbed interface that I use.

http://www.barelyfitz.com/projects/tabber/

It's free and it's quite easy to modify and use on your projects.

Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bob Gajewski
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:52 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Feedback Needed - Round 2

Rocky

Much better, but I still don't like the 'feel'.

- People know how to find a "Contact Us" page - the box takes up way too
much real estate - on every page.

- Having bold formatting on the menu mouseover is very annoying - because
the text expands, the words bounce left and right.

- On your "About Us" page, you should consider wrapping your program titles
(such as "The Sleep Advisor (R)" ) in 'no-break' tags (<nobr></nobr>) - it
doesn't flow well to have it broken across 2 lines.

- On your "Projects" page, you should have all links to other websites open
in a new tab/window ("target='_blank'"). This keeps your site active in the
viewer's browser. Otherwise, your visitor has navigated away from your site
with no easy way back.

- .projects and .products are far too similar - can you think of another
name for one of them?

- Is "E-Z-MRP" not available in English? That's what your website states ...
"and is currently available in Chinese, Spanish, and French.".

- There are many grammatical errors throughout the site, especially with the
placement - or lack thereof - of commas.

- Between all of the wasted spaces vertically and the fixed table width
horizontally, the pages are abnormally skewed to very narrow and tall -
thus, the scrolling required on every page. Generally, you should not used
fixed widths unless absolutely necessary - the page should be allowed to
fill the visitor's window/screen.

Best regards,
Bob Gajewski

PS - I'm still disappointed that you have direct email links in your source
code :(



-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 09:45 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Feedback Needed - Round 2

Dear List:
 
First of all thanks to everyone who responded the first time with input on
the Beach Access Software web site redesign.  
 
Karen has taken all of your input and reworked the site.  So now we're ready
to impose on you all again for your feedback.
 
The site is temporarily stored at http://www.bchacc.com/beachtemp/index.html
 
Any and all comments will be greatly appreciated.
 
MTIA,

Rocky Smolin

Beach Access Software

858-259-4334

www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> 

www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> 

 

 

 
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