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Old October 15th, 2004, 12:07 PM
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Old October 16th, 2004, 09:53 AM
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Not good

Sorry, but that page does not look anything near nice. You should start from using more verdana. That font is not used so widely for no reason - it is used because it is very easy to read. Only drawback for it is that it is not supported on UNIX.

Also, for so easy links, don't use images - text would be a lot better solution.

Now I noticed that this page still hasn't fully loaded for me - it means your page needs a lot of optimization.

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Old October 16th, 2004, 09:58 AM
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More info.

Thanks for the observation. When you say 'page' doesn't load or that the 'page' doesn't look right, is that all pages or one specific page?

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Sorry, but that page does not look anything near nice. You should start from using more verdana. That font is not used so widely for no reason - it is used because it is very easy to read. Only drawback for it is that it is not supported on UNIX.

Also, for so easy links, don't use images - text would be a lot better solution.

Now I noticed that this page still hasn't fully loaded for me - it means your page needs a lot of optimization.

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Old October 16th, 2004, 10:02 AM
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It was meant about "Services", because there are many images, which is reason, why it loads so slow.

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Old October 16th, 2004, 10:12 AM
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ok

Thanks. I'll work it. Appreciate your input. ALso am curious about your 'veranda' font comment. I checked the page again and all I use is Times Roman on this page and that is set as the default font.

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Old October 16th, 2004, 10:17 AM
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Yes, using verdana would make sense. Just some more tips:

1) Don't ever fix font height with pixels, use points.
2) For people who don't use Windows, leave an alternative font in "font family". In my opinion, '"Helvetica" would be best.

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Old October 16th, 2004, 09:24 PM
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6/10

Rating: 6/10

Overall, the site is quite messy. Do change the font. Verdana or tahoma will be most suitable. The yellow background in a box on the bottom right of the home page looks out of place. And the effect on exit on every page is not very suitable; you're running a company and this is supposed to be quite a formal website.

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