Website Critique Round 2

[Steven Hockstein]

Originally posted by Steven Hockstein

We are currently updating our Website and I know all of you love to inspect and critique so I would appreciate some constructive criticism.

One of my particular concerns is the speed at which our project gallery loads. We have a fast internet connection in here and I was wondering how the gallery loads with a DSL connection and from other areas of the country. We are still adding photos but before the additional time is spent I wanted to know if there are issues that need to be addressed.

http://www.ahmarchitects.com/

Thanks in advance for you help.

Steve H.

We have worked on the site and based on much of the input we received, the website has been altered.

Links were added on every page, photos were made smaller to load faster, flash should be faster, graphics have been improved, etc.

Constructive critique is appreciated.

Thanks

Steve H.

[Bill Kibbel]

The first page I clicked on (www.ahmarchitects.com/home.htm) had blue text on a blue background. I could not possibly continue any further.

[Brandon Whitmore]

I have to second Bill's comment-- it's pretty hard on the eyes.

[randynavarro]

Yes, that pastel-y background on all the pages makes anything tough to read.

I hope you haven't paid money to a professional web designer.

Photo galleries are nice and speedy on my DSL connection.

[hausdok]

I dunno,

When I read bills comment I envisioned something like a Navy blue background with blue text on it, but when I clicked the link I didn't find it to be so objectionable. Heck, I broke my regular glasses and have been wearing an old prescription for the past couple of months; even with these, I was able to read it easily and my eyes didn't give me any problems.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Bill Kibbel]

Mike (and Steven), it was only designed to work in IE.

This is what it looks like in Firefox:

Click to View

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A good web site designer would make it work in EVERY browser.

[hausdok]

Hi,

Well, I have to admit, that's pretty tough on the eyes. That's almost exactly what I'd envisioned. In IE the background is a very light blue with darker bold text that stands out from the background. I never use Firefox, so I'd never realized that. Come to think of it, I probably should take a look at what this site looks like in Firefox. I've got that browser on here someplace; guess I'll check it out.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[hausdok]

Yeech,

That was nasty. Readable and correctly formatted, but the contrast and colors aren't as nice or as polished looking as in IE. Don't know why you guys like it so much.

OT - OF!!!

M.

[Inspectorjoe]

Using Firefox, when you open a picture in the gallery, only a portion of the picture displays, with a scroll bar.

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[Steven Hockstein]

We are developing the site ourselves. It is a learn as we go scenario. Now I learned that Firefox does not display the same as IE. Thanks for the info. Now I can add that to my list of things to consider and change.

When we are done, we can call ourselves "Good" website designers. Now we are just students.

[Mark P]

I see no "Meta Tags"

No "Alt" labels/tags on the pictures

I think the big house in the background is a bit too much and makes for a distrcation when trying to read the text in the forground.