I’ll have to play devil’s advocate here: while the art direction is very web 2.0 glossy, the ideas around the site aren’t tired.
If anything though, I find the placement of the search bar slightly off… I wonder if it would look better, and maybe improve a bit more on the usability, if it were placed on the left column instead.
@DDD: I agree with you that the search bar seems slightly off, but only for a minute. I really like where he was going with that placement. Not something you see everyday and it’s growing on me.
I really like this site, the “web 2.0″ elements are all cohesive, the sidebar is lovely. I like the graphics/effects that he has used and the colors all work very well together.
I don’t have much to complain about actually, just a very tight and cool design.
I don’t know about this one. Part of me doesn’t like it because I’m really not a fan of the 2.0 look. But, the guy designs iphone apps, so at least he’s appealing to his target market and keeping everything consistent. It’s really not bad looking at all, just not my style.
I think this is great! Nice to see a site that strays away from the typical website layout and goes for something quite different. There is so much fine detail to it.
He did say in his welcome post “I just wanted it to reflect the kind of work I’m doing these days.”
I think this looks fantastic and represents his work really well !!
The only content which needs to be “above the fold” is The Reason Why users should poke through the rest of the site (or, as the discussion permits, why they need to look past the fold). This can be anything from a catchy news headline, a brand new product, a photograph, or a statement of what the company does.
It’s just like “seeing” (not reading) a headline, whether it be on a newspaper, magazine, or flier: if your main attention grabber is a failure, there is a great chance your viewers will not bother to interact further.
However, simply cramming content “above the fold” only creates visual noise. The need a for proper design strategy is still required.
I hate people that think they know it all, please, shut up sometimes.
The site is not that great, have to squint and push my face into monitor to read the text on my 1920 res monitor, and the design it’s nothing I haven’t seen. Architecture may be original but in the end if the elements don’t flow together for me I won’t like it.
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A particular site. I like the text with shading colors and post.
I’m not a fan of the type treatment at all. Looks horrid in Chrome and FF.
I agree with Jamie 100%…
Plus that quote on his copyright, “Please don’t steal from me” makes me laugh/irritated.
Newsflash Mark, you’re only the 9 billionth designer to use Apple style design!
cool!! realy!
OMG!
Site on IE7 is not correct view
Capture this – http://piccy.info/view/5d28d9a5f851d611bc71820e8c0aa459/
I’ll have to play devil’s advocate here: while the art direction is very web 2.0 glossy, the ideas around the site aren’t tired.
If anything though, I find the placement of the search bar slightly off… I wonder if it would look better, and maybe improve a bit more on the usability, if it were placed on the left column instead.
@DDD: I agree with you that the search bar seems slightly off, but only for a minute. I really like where he was going with that placement. Not something you see everyday and it’s growing on me.
I really like this site, the “web 2.0″ elements are all cohesive, the sidebar is lovely. I like the graphics/effects that he has used and the colors all work very well together.
I don’t have much to complain about actually, just a very tight and cool design.
I think it deserves its place on BWG.
I don’t know about this one. Part of me doesn’t like it because I’m really not a fan of the 2.0 look. But, the guy designs iphone apps, so at least he’s appealing to his target market and keeping everything consistent. It’s really not bad looking at all, just not my style.
I think the colors look great. Works fine in Chrome. Breaks completely in IE.
I think it’s safe to say most developers/designers hate dealing with IE, but any dim-wit can design a nice site that works in all browsers except IE.
There’s no excuse for letting a site fall apart in IE. Just my 2 cents.
Looks good tho, I do like it.
I’m on a 13″ macbook right now, and the sidebar is cut off, and the copyright is floating above the tapbots graphic. Should fix that.
I like the art direction. Everything is pretty consistent. I just like the aesthetics of the site. It’s nice to look at.
I think this is great! Nice to see a site that strays away from the typical website layout and goes for something quite different. There is so much fine detail to it.
He did say in his welcome post “I just wanted it to reflect the kind of work I’m doing these days.”
I think this looks fantastic and represents his work really well !!
I like the whole look and feel of the site, but then I do like the whole polished Web 2.0 look.
I do think that the “above the fold” factor has been ignored though, although I accept that the unused space gives it a very clean, open feel.
@RB – Whats IE?
@David Perel: What’s the internet?
@John-Lee – ‘Above the fold’ is hokum. Blasting the myth of the fold
…what are you guys talking about IE? He designs software for Mac/iPhone whatever…
No. Using text-shadow on all text? Not.
I believe in ‘the fold’. My 157 clients too.
GJ on the redesign, fits perfectly the look-n-feel of Tapbots apps.
Re: The Fold
The only content which needs to be “above the fold” is The Reason Why users should poke through the rest of the site (or, as the discussion permits, why they need to look past the fold). This can be anything from a catchy news headline, a brand new product, a photograph, or a statement of what the company does.
It’s just like “seeing” (not reading) a headline, whether it be on a newspaper, magazine, or flier: if your main attention grabber is a failure, there is a great chance your viewers will not bother to interact further.
However, simply cramming content “above the fold” only creates visual noise. The need a for proper design strategy is still required.
I hate people that think they know it all, please, shut up sometimes.
The site is not that great, have to squint and push my face into monitor to read the text on my 1920 res monitor, and the design it’s nothing I haven’t seen. Architecture may be original but in the end if the elements don’t flow together for me I won’t like it.
Kudos: It’s clean
I must say though I laughed out loud @JamieC
“I hate people that think they know it all, please, shut up sometimes.”
An excellent point immediately ignored.