Bill H wrote:Hockey, that site indeed has a striking picture, but to me it does a singularly poor job of saying anything at all about the product. What does it do, how does it do it, ....? It just names the product, gives a one-sentence definition (not description, merely a definition) and provides links to download it.
If you are going to design websites I hope you will be a little more descriptive and make some effort at actually making sales points about the product. Merely putting a pretty picture on the Web with some links is not web design.
And modern thinking it that it needs interaction with the viewer, some way to make the viewer feel involved with/in the site rather than merely staring at it.
Like Bhudda I try to avoid design since I am not an artist, but since I am doing the back end work for clients I keep getting involved to a degree in the front and I have developed some feel for what impresses viewers and what does not. Most certainly, Flash and animation do not, by the way.
I'm not sure you wanted all this advice, but...
jshpro2: That site is awesome. Commercial sites are one thing, that's what I work with day-to-day. Art sites like that one are a whole different universe. I am just greeen with envy at people who can do that.
I think your jumping the gun...
He actually does an excellent job describing the nature of the system...what it is, how it works, etc...
If I could work with that guy as my designer/marketing guru I would be very happy
My one complaint, is the quality of code...
Poorly designed, documented, etc...
So I don't use the product, but it still looks damn nice
