"Programmer Meet Designer" - Is it usable?

It doesn't matter if you do all the error checking in the world, or if you have the most beautiful graphics, if your site or application design isn't usable, it's not going to do well. Get input and advice on usability and user interface issues here.

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Ok, I spent all of today working on a new design for PMD. What do you think? http://kasrak.com/etc/pmd_newtemplate/index.html

Is it better than the one that's currently being used? Thanks for your time =)
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Very clean. I still think I'd like to see a little dark muted red in there (#800000 or #990000), maybe as the hover property of the links. And I might like to see the mouseover upper nav links take up the entire'cell' they are in instead of the short dark pill on the rollover. But overall, it is very nice. Didn't try validating it so you may want to post the results of the markup and style validation tests.
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Post by pickle »

WAAAAAAYYYY better! The only comment I have is to mirror ~Everah's.
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Post by kasrak »

Thanks for the feedback guys. Mouse-over links is now red. I tried making the nav take up the hole space, but I just screwed things up =(

Anyways, the 2nd release is done now! Some new features:
- the new skin :D
- friends list
- entrepreneurs and content writers can join too

Whatdya think of the new version? Thanks!
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Looking good.
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Post by MrPotatoes »

i love the idea. i'll definatly link you
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Post by daedalus__ »

I love the idea, and that design is looking hawt!
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Post by kasrak »

Thanks for the feedback guys -- I'm so happy you like it!
I'm gonna work on 3 new features: categories, search only friends' listings, and user feedback.
Any other suggestions?
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Post by MrPotatoes »

well, just because i like to do it, put in an easter egg somewhere :)
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Post by daedalus__ »

i agree with mr potatoes

every great application has easter eggs. :)
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Post by kasrak »

Hehe.. done :D
I feel dirty now.
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Post by pickle »

Adding 5px padding to the #nav element and changing your padding to 5px for #nav a, makes the navigation fill the bar (at least it does in Firefox).

Also, I'd suggest making the gradient behind the menu either much more visible, or get rid of it entirely. I had to bring it into Photoshop to make sure it actually was a gradient.
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Post by MrPotatoes »

kasrak wrote:Hehe.. done :D
I feel dirty now.
and they are.....?

i want to play around now lmao
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Post by kasrak »

Hang on there Mr. Potatoes..I'll tell you later (its still not completely done).

Thanks pickle, I used your CSS code and it works (in FF, Konqueror, and IE..didn't test in Opera). I'm going to play around with the colors of the site a bit today. Anyways, which logo do you like better:
1 -
Image
or
2 -
Image
or the current one
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Definitely #2, IMO.
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