Re: design update

[Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk>]

On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 15:24, Charles Goodwin wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 14:55, Jody Goldberg wrote:
> > Could both of you post links to your proposals and some quick point
> > form notes of why you think it rocks.  I'll bounce them off some web
> > people as judges and post the result.
> 
> My design: http://www.charlietech.com/goffice
> 
> It rocks because:
> 
>  o  It's standards compliant (although this goes without saying)
>     and cross-browser compatable looking good in all of them

Actually it's not :-)

I tried clicking on the W3C XHTML1.1 validator link and it complains
about a few things...  Though they'll be easy to fix if the design is
adopted.

(Sorry to be pedantic.  I like the design BTW)


> 
>  o  It scales beautifully between low (640x480) and high (1280x1024
>     and probably higher) resolutions (note the way the screenshots
>     move accordingly!)
> 
>  o  It's really clean with an emphasis making important parts
>     catch the eye, getting the information quickly to the mind
>     of the viewer
> 
>  o  It's graphically independent - just icons and a header which 
>     are simple to change and are so small that the effect on load
>     time is barely noticable if at all
> 
>  o  It's very professional looking; we are aiming at a professional
>     market in general (and geeks appreciate nice designs anyway)
> 
>  o  It's a tidy design, where the content is well separated from
>     the layout so it's easy to update (the front page being a minor
>     exception although nothing complicated) - the CSS does the work
> 
>  o  When you look at it you think positive thoughts...
>     warm thoughts...  clear thoughts... you breathe deeply...
>     relax... (Oh ok then I'll stop there!)
> 
> I'm sure I could think of more but I'd be really scraping the barrel and
> the bottom line is that it's what _you_ think that matters and not my
> incredibly biased opinion.  (Although I do my best to remain objective
> on the list!)
> 
> I personally think it rocks, that it is constructed with a bit more
> usability acumen than Ryan's design and hence more suited for our target
> demographic.  But, again, that is my (arguably unqualifed) opinion and
> not the one that counts.
> 
> Vote for Charlie for low taxes and extra welfare!
> 
> > Sound reasonable ?
> 
> It must do since I just replied. ;)