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Can I design something that will be useful while gardening?
"CWatters" wrote in message ... "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 Well done Colin. I think that has put the 'Oh so perfect' critics in their place :-)) Kind regards 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 |
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"CWatters" wrote in message ... "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 Well done Colin. I think that has put the 'Oh so perfect' critics in their place :-)) Kind regards 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 |
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"CWatters" wrote in message ... "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 Well done Colin. I think that has put the 'Oh so perfect' critics in their place :-)) Kind regards 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 |
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In article , "'Mike'" writes: | "CWatters" wrote in message | ... Why do both of you feel that what you have to say is so important that you have to say it three times? | 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 No it isn't - unless you go in for flashing. But thanks for posting what a flasher would see. | 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. Then it is utterly damn-fool to use flash - there is such a thing as using an appropriate tool for the job. One of the standard principles of user interface design (which predates the Internet) is that the first page or pages should be simple, and need as few resources as possible. This isn't just for people on the other end of lengths of wet string or behind paranoid firewalls, but is needed to make it accessible to disabled people. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 4/10/07 07:42, in article , "CWatters"
wrote: "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 When I followed your link, none of the first page was clickable, Colin. -- 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.' |
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On Oct 3, 10:15 pm, David in Normandy wrote:
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" :-) And why miss out on such poetry? But seriously, I think it should be taken as constructive criticism by the OP, who is after all intending to make a living out of "designing" things that are useful to people, that the website he/she uses to advertise her/his wares puts off at least some people, and therefore potential customers. I still can't get in, by the way. I suspect my system here is allergic to it. Cat(h) |
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On 4/10/07 11:05, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:56:10 +0100, Sacha wrote: snip How come OP hasn't answered? Is the answer to the original question: NO! ? Perhaps she's just waiting to see the comments. Perhaps she is overwhelmed with offers? Will old servicemen get a new website? !!! -- 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.' |
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In reply to designmea ) who wrote this
in , I, Marvo, say : 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! Thanks, Holly I've read your website gubbins, I like it a lot. I agree entirely with your views on quality, I rant on about it at the drop of a hat. I think you can achieve what you're trying to achieve in very small quantities, but sadly if you get to production quantities it will end up being made badly, in China or India, from Cheese, and will fall apart in weeks or months. You can design the roof of my pergatory if you like :-) |
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In message .com,
"Cat(h)" writes On Oct 3, 10:15 pm, David in Normandy wrote: 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" :-) And why miss out on such poetry? But seriously, I think it should be taken as constructive criticism by the OP, who is after all intending to make a living out of "designing" things that are useful to people, that the website he/she uses to advertise her/his wares puts off at least some people, and therefore potential customers. I still can't get in, by the way. I suspect my system here is allergic to it. Cat(h) I can't get past the front page either - while there is a way past the Flash animation this doesn't work for me. I suspect that this is due to the use of JavaScript in the web page. (Unnecessary use of JavaScript seems to be a least as common a sin as unnecessary use of Flash.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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On 4/10/07 11:06, in article
, "Cat(h)" wrote: On Oct 3, 10:15 pm, David in Normandy wrote: 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" :-) And why miss out on such poetry? I had 5 attempts to unravel that one - got there finally! But seriously, I think it should be taken as constructive criticism by the OP, who is after all intending to make a living out of "designing" things that are useful to people, that the website he/she uses to advertise her/his wares puts off at least some people, and therefore potential customers. I still can't get in, by the way. I suspect my system here is allergic to it. Cat(h) Of course it's meant as constructive criticism. The OP is aiming to be a professional working with professionals. Communicating at the level of those you wish to impress or seek as clients, is essential to the OP's future. Mike never can resist taking a swipe, even when it's misleading to original and new posters. His remarks are of no assistance to Holly whatsoever and his bitterness with this group's distaste for him reflects that. I do hope she hasn't been drawn into his web! I like the first page - it's fresh, young and uncluttered. I think the following pages could give a little more information on the experience of the OP but as she's still a student, that may inevitably be a bit thin on the ground. Time will take care of that. For what it's worth, I think, too, that it's quite courageous of a young student to ask for the assistance and opinion of a wide variety of people, some much older and more experienced than herself. Should go far. ;-)) -- 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.' |
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On 4/10/07 11:30, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:18:06 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 4/10/07 11:05, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:56:10 +0100, Sacha wrote: snip How come OP hasn't answered? Is the answer to the original question: NO! ? Perhaps she's just waiting to see the comments. Perhaps she is overwhelmed with offers? Will old servicemen get a new website? !!! I had in mind one where nobody except him could get in with no exit. Like the Basques in the revolving door. ;-) -- 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.' |
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On 4/10/07 11:25, in article , "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote: In message .com, "Cat(h)" writes On Oct 3, 10:15 pm, David in Normandy wrote: 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" :-) And why miss out on such poetry? But seriously, I think it should be taken as constructive criticism by the OP, who is after all intending to make a living out of "designing" things that are useful to people, that the website he/she uses to advertise her/his wares puts off at least some people, and therefore potential customers. I still can't get in, by the way. I suspect my system here is allergic to it. Cat(h) I can't get past the front page either - while there is a way past the Flash animation this doesn't work for me. I suspect that this is due to the use of JavaScript in the web page. (Unnecessary use of JavaScript seems to be a least as common a sin as unnecessary use of Flash.) Oh dear - time for me to display my absysmal ignorance. I don't know what Flash is and have only the most tenuous grasp of Java. Can you explain, please? I can get into the whole of the site, BTW. -- 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.' |
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In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: | | I can't get past the front page either - while there is a way past the | Flash animation this doesn't work for me. I suspect that this is due to | the use of JavaScript in the web page. (Unnecessary use of JavaScript | seems to be a least as common a sin as unnecessary use of Flash.) Yes :-( I have seen pages where the menu item to select the text-only pages was encoded as a Flash image, and ones where the item to select no JavaScript was handled by JavaScript. D'oh. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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In reply to Nick Maclaren ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say : In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley writes: I can't get past the front page either - while there is a way past the Flash animation this doesn't work for me. I suspect that this is due to the use of JavaScript in the web page. (Unnecessary use of JavaScript seems to be a least as common a sin as unnecessary use of Flash.) Yes :-( I have seen pages where the menu item to select the text-only pages was encoded as a Flash image, and ones where the item to select no JavaScript was handled by JavaScript. D'oh. It called Catch-22. Micro$loth did it when they pre-released NT4, how I laughed, you couldn't install the CD drivers because they were on a CD. When I rang them to find out what I was supposed to do, they said it was the first time anyone had reported such a problem. Whoops. And, furthermore, D'Oh. Seems so long ago now. :-) |
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