"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 3/10/07 16:44, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article . com,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I can't get in. I get a blank page with in the corner a barely
| visible "loading..." thingy that keeps ticking away and getting
| nowhere.

I can reach it, but it is total junk. I am not a flasher, and can't
be bothered to reverse engineer misdesigned Web nonsense unless I
have a very good reason to.

I don't think it's junk but I think it needs careful proof-reading by
someone other than its designer. There are spelling and punctuation
mistakes as in 'accidently' instead of 'accidentally' and 'your' when it
should be 'you're'. Small things but not confidence inspiring if
repetitive.


--
Sacha


One of the important things in selling is 'product knowledge'. She is NOT
selling Web Design.

:-)))

Kind regards

Mike



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In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| I don't think it's junk but I think it needs careful proof-reading by
| someone other than its designer. There are spelling and punctuation
| mistakes as in 'accidently' instead of 'accidentally' and 'your' when it
| should be 'you're'. Small things but not confidence inspiring if
| repetitive.

I spent a few minutes on it, and it did nothing but change content-free
boxes on me and display the odd, equally content-free, message.

My suspicion is that anything interesting is in the flash.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 3/10/07 18:52, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| I don't think it's junk but I think it needs careful proof-reading by
| someone other than its designer. There are spelling and punctuation
| mistakes as in 'accidently' instead of 'accidentally' and 'your' when it
| should be 'you're'. Small things but not confidence inspiring if
| repetitive.

I spent a few minutes on it, and it did nothing but change content-free
boxes on me and display the odd, equally content-free, message.

My suspicion is that anything interesting is in the flash.

You spent longer than I did, then. I was interested to see if it would load
because others had trouble with it. I found I had to click on it twice to
make it load but it did work. I think that's probably a small hiccup that
can be corrected easily. But the spelling and grammatical errors did hit my
eye immediately. Maybe that's a personal idiosyncrasy but it is certainly
something I find irritating and which would not scream 'professional' to me.
All of us can make mistakes but these led me to feel they were not mistakes
but habit, which is why I suggested someone else should proof-read the site.
This is a young person so getting it right now and learning from the
experience is going to be invaluable in the future. Whatever one is
selling, successful people know that your message to the buyer has to be
clear and if it's intended to inform, it has to be well-written.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 3/10/07 18:52, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
|
| I don't think it's junk but I think it needs careful proof-reading by
| someone other than its designer. There are spelling and punctuation
| mistakes as in 'accidently' instead of 'accidentally' and 'your' when
it
| should be 'you're'. Small things but not confidence inspiring if
| repetitive.

I spent a few minutes on it, and it did nothing but change content-free
boxes on me and display the odd, equally content-free, message.

My suspicion is that anything interesting is in the flash.

You spent longer than I did, then. I was interested to see if it would
load
because others had trouble with it. I found I had to click on it twice to
make it load but it did work. I think that's probably a small hiccup that
can be corrected easily. But the spelling and grammatical errors did hit
my
eye immediately. Maybe that's a personal idiosyncrasy but it is
certainly
something I find irritating and which would not scream 'professional' to
me.
All of us can make mistakes but these led me to feel they were not
mistakes
but habit, which is why I suggested someone else should proof-read the
site.
This is a young person so getting it right now and learning from the
experience is going to be invaluable in the future. Whatever one is
selling, successful people know that your message to the buyer has to be
clear and if it's intended to inform, it has to be well-written.

--
Sacha

So someone who has come to clean your windows has to be able to spell and
put a sentence together?

We didn't see how or what our window cleaner wrote, but we sacked him
because he couldn't clean the windows :-((

Kindly yours

Mike


--
www.rneba.org.uk for the latest pictures of the very first reunion and
Inaugural General Meeting. Nothing less than a fantastic success.
The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association.
'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy
www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates
www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added regularly
"Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand

In article ,
"'Mike'" writes:
|
| So someone who has come to clean your windows has to be able to spell and
| put a sentence together?
|
| We didn't see how or what our window cleaner wrote, but we sacked him
| because he couldn't clean the windows :-((

I see your problem. You wanted him to remove the webs from your windows,
but you asked for someone to remove Windows from your Web.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...
Your website is inaccessible.

.. I liked it.

Mary



Works for me as well.

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:52:24 +0100, designmea
wrote:

Hi, im a final year 3D Design student at University College Falmouth in
Cornwall. Im looking for my next project, and was wondering if anyone
on this forum would be willing to help me out?

Im looking for someone to design something for. This person doesnt
neccessarily have to have a product in mind, they just need to be
willing to share a little information about their lifestyle and
interests, gardening for example!

Please have a look at my website for more details:

www.designmea.moonfruit.com

Or contact me through this forum!

Hi,

Can you clarify something?

If I wanted a house designed, I'd go to a house-design specialist
(architect).

If I wanted a boat designed, I'd go to a marine design engineer.

If I wanted a car designed, I'd go to an automobile design specialist.

What is your speciality? Something to do with gardening? Can you be
more specific?

JD

In article , Martin says...
On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:47:52 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 3/10/07 15:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 14:52:24 +0100, designmea
wrote:


Hi, im a final year 3D Design student at University College Falmouth in
Cornwall. Im looking for my next project, and was wondering if anyone
on this forum would be willing to help me out?

Im looking for someone to design something for.

How about your parents?

Maybe the project has to be evaluated by its 'client'. Parents might be a
bit biased. ;-) How about a local nursery or garden centre?

She could improve the design of her websit,e so that the text isn't a fixed size
while she is waiting.

All I see is a big graphic saying "Enter", but my browser security
settings are fairly high. A few pictures would be nice.
--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

In article , Sacha
says...
On 3/10/07 16:44, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article . com,
"Cat(h)" writes:
|
| I can't get in. I get a blank page with in the corner a barely
| visible "loading..." thingy that keeps ticking away and getting
| nowhere.

I can reach it, but it is total junk. I am not a flasher, and can't
be bothered to reverse engineer misdesigned Web nonsense unless I
have a very good reason to.

I don't think it's junk but I think it needs careful proof-reading by
someone other than its designer. There are spelling and punctuation
mistakes as in 'accidently' instead of 'accidentally' and 'your' when it
should be 'you're'. Small things but not confidence inspiring if
repetitive.



I agree about the spelling. In a former life I received lots of job
applications from people. Some people had several spelling mistakes on
the envelope (before even getting to the CV). For example spelling the
name of the company and town incorrectly. Others had the most appalling,
illegible hand writing on the envelope. In work where accuracy, clarity
and communication (both written and verbal) is important this eliminated
them before even opening the envelope and reading their CV.

Also, a surprisingly high number of people gave out-of-date or badly
spelled email addresses on their CV. On several occasions, people that
were sent interview invitations never received them due to this. The
emails bounced back to me because the email address given in the CV was
not valid.

When needing to filter out lots of applicants for one position, such
carelessness on job applications proved to be one way of eliminating
candidates.

Obviously it depended on the job. A Mike mentioned, a cleaner would not
be eliminated on the basis of their spelling. Though, it could lead to
signs on the toilet doors saying "Bog is art a horder" :-)

--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

On 3/10/07 19:30, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
"'Mike'" writes:
|
| So someone who has come to clean your windows has to be able to spell and
| put a sentence together?
|
| We didn't see how or what our window cleaner wrote, but we sacked him
| because he couldn't clean the windows :-((

I see your problem. You wanted him to remove the webs from your windows,
but you asked for someone to remove Windows from your Web.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Honestly Nick, why do you bother.....?
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

On 3/10/07 20:09, in article , "CWatters"
wrote:


"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...
Your website is inaccessible.

.. I liked it.

Mary



Works for me as well.



So - who wrote "Your website is inaccessible"? ;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

"designmea" wrote in message
...

Hi, im a final year 3D Design student at University College Falmouth in
Cornwall. Im looking for my next project, and was wondering if anyone
on this forum would be willing to help me out?


Examples of your previous designs would be nice.

mark

"David in Normandy" wrote in message
...
In article , Martin says...
All I see is a big graphic saying "Enter", but my browser security
settings are fairly high. A few pictures would be nice.
--
David in Normandy.
(The free MicroPlanet Gravity newsreader is great for eliminating
rubbish and cross-posts)

Ok for those of you who are paranoid and have high browser settings... Here
is a screen shot of what you see when you press enter.

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6006/designmejx7.jpg

It's reasonably simple and well done in my opinion. I've seen far worse.
Variouys sections are animated - but only when first drawn on your screen.
There are no continuous annoying animations like some sites.

Colin

"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
On 3/10/07 20:09, in article ,
"CWatters"
wrote:


"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
t...
Your website is inaccessible.

.. I liked it.

Mary



Works for me as well.



So - who wrote "Your website is inaccessible"? ;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'


Ok for those of you who are paranoid and have high browser settings or other
problems with the site...

Here is a screen shot of what you see when you press enter.

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6006/designmejx7.jpg

It's reasonably simple and well done in my opinion. I've seen far worse.
Various sections are animated - but only when first drawn on your screen.
There are no continuous annoying animations like some sites.

Colin

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
ups.com...
Not for me, it doesn't :-(

Not that it matters, mind...
Cat(h)


Ok for those of you who are paranoid and have high browser settings... Here
is a screen shot of what you see when you press enter.

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6006/designmejx7.jpg

It's reasonably simple and well done in my opinion. I've seen far worse.
Variouys sections are animated - but only when first drawn on your screen.
There are no continuous annoying animations like some sites.

Colin