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[web] Website Feedback Request

Started by MrPhil Nov 10, 2008 at 5:03 PM 4 replies 1k views
Sander
Sander
A few things that spring out:

Logo:
- The "games" is too bright on that background.
- There's a white halo around the ring that makes up the dot that looks odd. I'm guessing that you made the logo on a white background and was supposed to look transparent, but it's on a grey background now. Try setting a different background color for the logo (in your image editor) or use an image format that supports proper transparency (like PNG).

Rest:
- The "New Computer Game" is also very bright. It's readable on that dark green background, buty it doesn't look that well IMHO.
- All the small game buttons could really do with a text link with the game title below their buttons. It's hard to read the titles from the small images.
- The small buttons are also very densely packed. It makes the page look very busy. Perhaps use only three per category box and add some margins/whitespace? That would also give you more room to put your titles (see previous point)
- Nitpick: I dislike &#106avascript hover popups, but that's personal. However, I detest them less when they simply appear and disappear in a predictable location and don't follow the cursor around.<br><br>Legal:<br>That's a lot of games you offer there. Are you sure you have the rights to sell them and offer free trial downloads of them?
MrPhil
MrPhil
Quote:
Original post by Sander
A few things that spring out:

Logo:
- The "games" is too bright on that background.
- There's a white halo around the ring that makes up the dot that looks odd. I'm guessing that you made the logo on a white background and was supposed to look transparent, but it's on a grey background now. Try setting a different background color for the logo (in your image editor) or use an image format that supports proper transparency (like PNG).

Rest:
- The "New Computer Game" is also very bright. It's readable on that dark green background, buty it doesn't look that well IMHO.
- All the small game buttons could really do with a text link with the game title below their buttons. It's hard to read the titles from the small images.
- The small buttons are also very densely packed. It makes the page look very busy. Perhaps use only three per category box and add some margins/whitespace? That would also give you more room to put your titles (see previous point)
- Nitpick: I dislike &#106avascript hover popups, but that's personal. However, I detest them less when they simply appear and disappear in a predictable location and don't follow the cursor around.<!--QUOTE--></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE><!--/QUOTE--><!--ENDQUOTE--><br><br>Thanks! These are all great suggestions. I'll get to work implementing immediately!<br><br><!--QUOTE--><BLOCKQUOTE><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><table border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width="95%"><tr><td class=quote><!--/QUOTE--><!--STARTQUOTE--><br>Legal:<br>That's a lot of games you offer there. Are you sure you have the rights to sell them and offer free trial downloads of them?<!--QUOTE--></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE><!--/QUOTE--><!--ENDQUOTE--><br>Yep, It's legal. I have a relationship with a larger publisher.<br><br></td></tr></table></blockquote>
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MrPhil
MrPhil
Okay, I took your suggestions to heart, pondering things over, made some changes and updated the site.
Mr. Phil Games - Download Computer Game
Sander
Sander
It's definitely improved readability for the games categories. Nice work.

One small nitpick: In the category boxes that now contain two games, the images are nicely spaced horizontally but they are straight against the box header. I suggest you put some padding between the header of the box and the images.
MrPhil
MrPhil
I see what you mean! Let me change it...

Done!

Thank you very much Sander, your suggestions made the front page look much better.
Mr. Phil Games - Download Computer Game

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