On Jul 6, 2006, at 7:36 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> http://www.wvlphotography.com/children/index.html > > I know Bill personally, and I know when his web site was designed > and put > together. It was just a few weeks ago. However, within the > framework of > the site, he's using Porta to present the gallery. > > When Bill tested the site with me I suggested he go with something > simpler > and easier to navigate. I took a look at the presentation late > last night > and discovered that there are still some navigation problems. > Perhaps Bill > will drop by and read the list. It might be helpful to him if, > apart from > commenting on the photography, some comments and suggestions are > offered > about the design and usefulness of the site, too.
Overall the site design is ok. It works fine on my system (Mac OS X v10.4.7 running Safari). I'm not a fan of the "vertical or horizontal scrolling thumbnail list next to individual image display" concept, however. It always feels crowded to me. I'd rather see a page of thumbnails and be able to click on one or another individually to appreciate them with minimal distraction. While there, I should have back and forth, and "return to thumbnails" display navigation. So I'd eliminate the "Album" view and stick with the Lightbox. In the thumbnail (Lightbox) view, I'd prefer to see larger thumbnails (approximately four - five across a page that's around 1024 pixels wide). The current design makes very small thumbnails which aren't enough so I have to open all of them anyway. I also prefer photos matted against white or neutral gray surrounds. Black surrounds make a photograph look more contrasty and saturated, which I find some what unnatural. Bill's mitigated this with a dark gray surround, but the overall effect is still 'heavier' than I prefer, in general. Jumping from Lightbox view to Album view doesn't refresh the detail panel properly. It's just a big white space until you click on an image or "Home" link. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
