REVIEW REQUEST: Screen Saver Site
Hello,
Just wanted to ask your opinion of a new site im creating .. http://www.designsbyrob.com/screensavers
The site is offering Free Screen Savers for download. i am currently working on the backend to run the site... you can test out the Sexy categorie to view a categorie..
Cheerz - Rob Underwood
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Check out my Free Screen Saver Site
robsscreensavers.com
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The Webmistress posted this at 12:43 — 5th November 2002.
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I quite like the top part but don't like the font for the logo, too halloween-ish for a gereral screen saver site IMO. I'm also not keen on the black/white gradients as they just look out of place on the right hand side bit - is there anything else going in that section? In the categories list at the top, the font is quite hard to read and why have you got a mix of upper and lower case letters there? The only other thing I'm not sure of at the moment is the colour scheme, the background green seems to be wrong
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Megan posted this at 14:42 — 5th November 2002.
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I feel that the "sexy" category is sexist and somewhat offensive - especially considering that there are only women pictured.
Other comments:
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[*]On the actual screen savers page, there is too much space between and around entires. Instead of centering them in a long column down the page, you could use a table to create two columns, which would cause less scrolling.
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bigwads posted this at 01:30 — 15th December 2002.
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All looks like a "horror" site, and I think that the links to the categories are a little bit too small, not sure if the virus info should really be there!
pmj7 posted this at 02:31 — 15th December 2002.
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Here's one for your list: http://www.mewho.com/system47/
A nice idea, and some fun for everyone. However, what are you giving us that can't be found at one of the sites you link to, such as http://www.screensaverheaven.com? They provide previews of the screen savers, at present your site just has links to .exes. Are you writing your own screen savers, or just listing those you've found on other sites? What is the goal of your site? To be a resource, or is it just a learning experience?
I agree about the virus list. And listing them 'Top 10' reminds me of the best videos, CDs, etc. Almost as bad as 'Most Popular'! If you MUST keep it, how about 'Troublesome Ten', 'Ten Least Wanted' or something like that?
You have direct links to .zip and .exe on other servers. This is generally frowned upon. Also, I have no idea who you are. What are the chances that I'm going to visit your site, download and run an .exe from it? Zip. Zero. None. Now, if the links were to pages that featured the downloads, I might just consider it. Unfortunately there are too many teens and pre-teens (and older people who haven't grown up) that think it's cool to try and damage someone's computer system.
'Free Screen Savers UK', navigation, etc. Why does everyone love micro-font? If you have absolutely tons of content and are going all out to fit everything 'above the fold' (ie: first screenfull), then MAYBE. And only for unimportant stuff. And only then if it will respond to the browser set font size controls. What about visitors over 30, or with vision problems? Are you that desperate to exclude them? Hard to read != cool.
'Click Here' Oh My God!
This isn't a good idea. You should create a link that describes what will happen if I click on it. If you don't then forget it. The Web has trillions of pages, why should I go to one that I don't even know what will be there?
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tatsujin posted this at 12:43 — 16th December 2002.
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have to agree with the "horror" style others have mentioned, its not ideal.
do like the font for the main text apart from the logo though, thats nice. the black/white gradients look out of place too.
you might want to try putting a border around the screen shot images too, might give the page a little depth.
hope that helps,
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donedeal posted this at 18:46 — 19th December 2002.
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not bad but heres some errors on my screen when the page loads up
Im using ie 5 with win98 first edition at work.
/home/virtual/site11/fst/var/www/html/screensavers/link/in.php on line 133
you may want to have a look at this
happy serving.....
pmj7 posted this at 22:24 — 19th December 2002.
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If you like Star Trek and want a screen saver, check out the link in my first post. It is exceptional.
Peter
taff posted this at 15:10 — 20th December 2002.
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I'm not sure that I agree on the virus thing. A site offering downloadable .exe files, presumably containing .scr files may be well advised to take the forefront in the virus awareness issue.
Re the site itself: I think pretty much all has been covered. Lose the clipart, find a new font, and change that background colour!
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Renegade posted this at 21:36 — 20th December 2002.
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Looks to plain IMHO
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