Comments on: Design Critique: Klepas

By: Aswathy

Aswathy — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:06:11 +0000

Well said that a site is never completely done, it can always be made better with small changes. Overall the site is good but with the changes as you have mentioned it might look even better.

By: myadlan

myadlan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:45:29 +0000

hi
what an in-depth design critique.
feel free to check it out.still there’s lot of weaknesses.

by the way i wonder why does the link on your sidebar doesn’t look good on IE7?

By: kerja sambilan

kerja sambilan — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:20:49 +0000

just found your blog…nice & unique…i’m trying to understand all the stories & info given..

i think Simon site’s quite nice…thats my opinion

By: Vivien

Vivien — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:30 +0000

Thanks, Josh. To me the all-caps in the menu items and the site title look fine, they actually give the site its classic feel. Actually A List Apart is using all-caps in the navigation bar as well.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:49 +0000

Good review. I think it’s a nice site overall, although the one thing I dislike is the use of all-caps at the top in the navigation bar, and the site title. I think it looks sort of out-of-place, but maybe that’s just me.

By: Vivien

Vivien — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:14:22 +0000

Thanks, Kristarella. I agree that it's nice to come across to something unexpected on a site, but if that something unexpected also looks great is even better. If that purple link was a different shade or a more suitable colour, I would've praised the risk, but that purple link simply looked as a leftover from the standard link colour scheme of blue for active links and purple for visited. So I was glad to read that Pascal is re-thinking his colour scheme for v3 ;) Thanks, MP. I'm glad you're enjoying my articles on iBit. You're very welcome for my email review of your site. Thanks to you, I've discovered another interesting CMS Indexhibit.

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KLEPAS.ORG » Articles in limbo and ALA web survey — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:19:24 +0000

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By: MP

MP — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:10 +0000

Lovely critique Vivien, I have no doubt it will help out Simon’s website in the near future. Thanks for reviewing my site too, and thanks for a blog that offers solid substance and dialogue. Cheers.

-MP

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By: kristarella

kristarella — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000

I was going to say I kind of like the colour scheme, even though Pascal said he doesn’t. When you put the colours next to each other I wouldn’t have necessarily liked it, but I think it’s kind of good to have something a little unexpected on a site. Otherwise it’s not as memorable.

Good critique Vivien, and a testament to how well designed the site is that they’re relatively minor details that you’d change.