New website

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:58 pm

Just to let you know, I have a new website:

http://seaosmain.googlepages.com/

Let me know what you think...

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:52 am

I'd just like to see an working OS rather than some elaborate edition of "work in progress"

For the looks, its decent (offences are, changing background color on hover, logo's clickable to view the full image)
Btw, there is a bug in the menu (the home link is often missing)

JamesM · Post by **JamesM** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:04 am

Combuster: what's wrong with changing the background colour on hover? it's valid CSS and the effect looks quite good.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:55 am

JamesM wrote:The effect looks quite good.

Personally I'm not bothered with the fact that hover functions are used, only the fact that it looks noobish for being square, and odd for the color being out of harmony with the rest of the page.

If he did that in my class I would be obliged to ignore my subjectivity and give some bonus points. However, I still think that its the details that give it a professional look (or ruin it).

JamesM · Post by **JamesM** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:42 am

If he did that in my class I would be obliged to ignore my subjectivity and give some bonus points.

First, I make the assumption that you run a webdev class.

Why would you ignore your opinion and give bonus points? I don't understand you.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:00 pm

I teach computer science at university. Depending on the type of assignment you can occasionally score bonus points for adding functionally that was not originally required. On-hover's would fall into that category and independent of how well it is implemented, you earn a few percent extra for the effort. (consider it encouragement)

If I would be teaching arts, I'd look at the total picture and not bother with any unneeded functionality. In that case, I'd notice a nicely designed site with horribly ugly hyperlinks, where it would look better without the hover. In that case I'd subtract points from the style counter instead of adding them.

First, I make the assumption that you run a webdev class.

Actually, Computer Graphics

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:01 pm

Google pages offers several options for look, and I choose that one because it looks the best.

Also, I will post the OS, and it's coming along. I just wanted a new web host because my old one had lots of ads.