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I am about to launch my new company site, well once I finalise content add terms and conditions, whois etc etc (Yikes best not waste any more time)
I have checked with browsercam but would like a little feedback off my peers and the various browsers you use.
Ross David Design
Any feedback good or bad is welcome.

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Tim

Very nice. Clean, simple and modern looking.

Just one point though, as you're obviously keen on accessibility issues I wonder what you think about usability? Usability experts tend to frown upon drop-down menus where they're used for major navigation. Trouble is they're often so damned handy as a space saver. I'm trying to get away from using them myself but it's not easy with some designs.

Alex.

The design of your site is very nice and minimalistic, and seems to work on all of the browsers that I have, congrats

The only thing I can criticise is the lack of content, (inc. the absence of pros and cons on your hosting page)

Great site

L Plates

Drop menus are not my ideal solution but I am working on the theory that each main page (top page of the menu) will have the links somewhere prominant (yet to put in) plus I am working on re-structuring the site map to reflect this to improve usability.

The thing I am most proud about the site is that the front end with the exception of images only uses 1 php/xhtml file, 1 js file, 1 htaccess file, 1 css file (with exception of contact form that uses an additional css file for the form) and 1 database php recall file protected by a security wall. The site is therefore quick to load.
The cms admin is bigger in file numbers but it can control everything from browser title, keywords, page name, content etc for each and every page.

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Yes content will soon be added. Got to get my thinking cap on

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mojohand

i really like it...good colours...professional feel....

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Just a bump on the feedback as I have now finished another redesign on the site.
Feedback again would be great

Ross David Design

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knapper

I'm not sure if the sharp right angles in the header banner really work. When the site first loaded for a few moments I thought a part of the layout was broken, it seemed somewhat jarring. Apart from that I like it, and makes me realize I really must get the work done on mine I've kept putting off.

ijl

I find it somewhat confusing that some text in red is a link, but other red text is an heading with no link.

Also, on you contact form, you have the label for each field repeated in the input box - I personally find it really annoying, as you have to delete this text before entering your details, and I don't see a benefit of it. Maybe this is just me!

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Thank you for the comments:
knapper: I suppose this one is just personal opinion as I quite like the off symmetry giving a sharp but soft look.

ijl: Changed link text to blue as I had missed that point in the change s thank you for pointing it out.

Having the label in the text assists in accessibility and the site validates to AAA automated test which is important to me. When I test using some software it requires this.

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Tim

Looking good, though I'd personally drop the "Page Visits" thing as it brings absolutely nothing of value to a reader. As the rest of the site is so clean and functional this looks like clutter.

I've never heard of that before. Especially in helping AAA status. Don't trust the software! I'd agree with ijl and say it's pretty none user friendly. If you can point me to some clarification I'd be interested.

Anyway, nice to see you trying to do things the right way - good luck

ijl

I must admit I'm not aware of having the label in the test field helping accessibility either, and if it is I'd say it could be argued that to help accessibility for a minority, but to the detriment of the majority is somewhat ludicrous ;-)
How about removing it when you click in the field?

I also agree with Tim that showing a counter on a site has no benefit for anyone, and can be seen as a big negative.

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Removed the form values and it passes AAA using Cynthia which is good enough for me.

The page counter is really a quick viewer for me so just changed the colour to match the background and now I can just highlight the text to see it.

I think the majority of comments are small personal likes and dislikes but happily the overall feedback is positive

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knapper

I think it must have also been the way it loaded on first veiwing, I just took another look at it and it didn't seem to hit me this time in the same way. No one else has mentined anything so about it so probably best to just ignore me, most sensible people do