Just about to launch...... - Is this great, appalling or average?
I liked the site overall. I am not so sure about opening a second window for your FAQ pages. If you are really set on doing it I would find a javascript to close the window and put a graphic on the page instead of asking people to close the window with the x box. (Not all users are on windows. The box may not exist on other operating systems. I don't think it is on the MAC and am unsure about UNIX.)
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citron posted this at 19:41 — 10th July 1999.
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We are a small UK based company about to launch a new software product. Some links (such as the ability to download and buy the product) are not implemented yet. Please tell me how you would change it if it were yours. All comments gratefully (if painfully) received
Our website is http://www.visualguide.com
Thank you
Office Users.
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Make the choice.
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Senate posted this at 19:52 — 10th July 1999.
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Hi Citron, u got a nice graphics in your site. but you need to change your fonts. How did you do that?
-Senate
JP Stones posted this at 21:22 — 10th July 1999.
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Hello Stephen, I'll review any fellow British site
This might be painful...
but the design of this page is far better and I would consider having the whole site in this vein...
- no prper logo
- werid bg that I do no beleive is very professional
- redo yout text spacing (paragraphs etc.)
- the Visual Guide text integrated logo is hard to read (orange on brown)
+ nice idea design wise
+ what looks like a good product idea
+ when clicking on 'get it now' I got a pop up
JP
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citron posted this at 23:23 — 10th July 1999.
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Senate, thanks for your very prompt reply. The grpahics for the Book and its hyperlinks were created in Paintshop, the jumping computer user jumps thanks to a Frontpage 2000 Dynamic HTML effect. 2 questions for you -
1. what font would you advise
2. Did you see much beyond the home page?
Stephen
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Make the choice.
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Megan posted this at 01:47 — 13th July 1999.
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Hi, I just thought I'd add my two cents here.
I think the most serious problem I have with this site is the pop-up windows. They're annoying, firstly, and for me (I don't know if you meant for it to happen this way or not) they fit in the window exactly while leaving the toolbars from the homepage window exposed (NN 4.6 at 800x600). This could be really confusing to people. Since your product seems to be directed towards people who aren't too computer literate, you may want to lose the pop-ups.
I've read some of your text here and I really don't understand what you're trying to say - a lot of this just doesn't make sense to me. Take the first sentence on the home page:
"The Visual Guide is the ground-breaking software that lets you realise your answers and helps you enjoy each step of your journey."
This just doesn't make sense to me. What is my "journey"? "Realize your answers" has no meaning for me either. I would re-write all this to be a lot more straight forward. Honestly, I really can't figure out exactly what you're trying to sell here. I think you need to be more direct about exactly what your product does, rather than these vague concepts you present. It sounds like a good idea - I just think that you should be more direct in order to earn the trust of your customers.
I really like the notebook idea for layout. That part is very well done.
Megan
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