Here's one of my latest projects.
All comments welcome

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Thanks.

I've got a problem with this site... not a technical one, more a mental one.

Most of the page is basically navigation... the other half is dedicated to the sites content... content which, to me, reads like tired, predictable, clichéd, marketing rhetoric. (though maybe you've no control over the copy)
The 'office furniture' category is a perfect example... it's a big string of waffle that could be boiled down into simple bullet points.
It's a mental strain reading though embellished waffle to pick out the key points IMO.

The desk and chair images seem very generic... almost completely irrelevant.
I want you to SHOW me... get a photograph of the installation team at work, or an actual completed job.

'Print and Design' is another one... I'm looking at these tiny little sample images when half the page is navigation?!
I'd seriously re-think the use of screen realestate here... the little postage-stamp sized content area seems wasteful considering what could be.
The small grey text is a bit harder to read than I'd like.

On another note, the "Valid CSS | Valid XHTML" text seems a bit redundant on a flash website.

The IT Devotion logo on the bottom right of the page looks really bad against that grey background... I'd consider making it into some kind of button or incorporating it into the flash somewhere... it really wants a white background... though you could try it against the grey if you made the logo either fully black or white.

The "New users Register here" buttons are annoying me, they look thrown together... re-do it. :P
The main nav buttons look nice, maybe keep that theme going.

Sorry if I'm being harsh, but those are the things that'd annoy me if I went to that site looking for info.... or the things I'd berate myself over if I'd designed it.
Hope it helps.

Thanks for taking the time buddy. I appreciate your opinion, no matter how harsh . I had very little lee way on this project regarding copy and images. I agree with you about my logo, I've been meaning to take some time out to redo them colour-wise.

Thanks again for your input!

Why can't you just post a proper link?

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from the aspect of online shopping.. user needs to see products straight away... no need for categories falling into place etc. Bullet point the info.

the noise on the links isn't the best
i actually thought something had broken when i clicked on the first link

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nice design, but i can not see it working well for you. Using flash, open pages in new window are not really today's visitors cup of tea. I have to click twice on every button (flash), one to activate the controls and second the normal click to see something, where instead finding products I get more info. A lot of work went into this I know but you could achieve similar design using Ajax which can be used nicely making sure search engines will also read it. The way you have is just a blank page for a SE with a link at the bottom from the web design company.

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Thanks for the feedback lads.

@blacknight - I didn't want it to get indexed quite yet

@addoc - I know where your coming from but again I didn't have much lee way on the content

@Cormac - Personally I hate almost all sound on flash sites but again I'm not the one paying the bills.

@louie - I agree with all your points and I've said this to them over and over but sadly when some people have seen something they like, they won't budge.


Again thanks for having a look and commenting
Appreciated!

god that situation sounds so so familiar

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