i actually went there before to check out a photo you posted on twitter/facebook. i was all "whoa hey what this it's neat" and it is! the structure of it feels solid and easy to dive into. you made yellow work well for a website, which is impressive (even if it presents some interesting (and i mean that. not the euphemism but actually interesting) typographic/presentation constraints), the images are well represented, and the (broken!) arrows are a nice touch.
only a few things:
* although not too much of the text is large, i immediately noticed that which was and wanted to shrink it down. personally i like to especially keep a small type size in a large space. theres all that room and people hone in on the one thing not keeping it blank.
* the setlist/gallery set up can get confusing. i first get the impression that there's only a few images per section, only to click on one and find that there are actually 30 images in this one sub-section. something simple at the bottom indicating title or even just number of images inside may help that out.
* i eventually figured that to travel from setlist to setlist the arrows were higher up, but theres a lot of visual info and i just kept clicking the links at the top right for a bit. people have learned to hone in to underlined text when trying to figure out where to go next, so a simple solution would be a basic "back to setlist" link in between the arrows, which people can still use once theyve got the hang of it.
aside from the second point, which i think is a tricky navigation flaw, these are the kind of things that come out only when you ask someone to point them out. it's a solid set up and it was great going through all of your drawings again.
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Date: 2009-05-27 05:48 am (UTC)i was all "whoa hey what this it's neat"
and it is! the structure of it feels solid and easy to dive into. you made yellow work well for a website, which is impressive (even if it presents some interesting (and i mean that. not the euphemism but actually interesting) typographic/presentation constraints), the images are well represented, and the (broken!) arrows are a nice touch.
only a few things:
* although not too much of the text is large, i immediately noticed that which was and wanted to shrink it down. personally i like to especially keep a small type size in a large space. theres all that room and people hone in on the one thing not keeping it blank.
* the setlist/gallery set up can get confusing. i first get the impression that there's only a few images per section, only to click on one and find that there are actually 30 images in this one sub-section. something simple at the bottom indicating title or even just number of images inside may help that out.
* i eventually figured that to travel from setlist to setlist the arrows were higher up, but theres a lot of visual info and i just kept clicking the links at the top right for a bit. people have learned to hone in to underlined text when trying to figure out where to go next, so a simple solution would be a basic "back to setlist" link in between the arrows, which people can still use once theyve got the hang of it.
aside from the second point, which i think is a tricky navigation flaw, these are the kind of things that come out only when you ask someone to point them out. it's a solid set up and it was great going through all of your drawings again.