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Old December 29th, 2004, 09:54 PM
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www.jayloo.com

This is a site I wrote 99.9% of all the code for.

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It is a It is a paintball user submitted photo & video gallery. It also has a forum and dictionary.

I am interested in feedback mostly about the functionality, navigability but all comments are appriciated.

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Old December 30th, 2004, 09:29 AM
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the design is nice, it seems clear and easy to use and pleasing to the eye. The image at the top is a little lossy, if you really want it i would increase it in quality.

The pages seem to scale nicely, although i would suggest moving your menu into a side bar on the right, this will obviously narrow your main column, but this should make it easy to read, and also having your menu as a definite block rather than a thin strip should increase usability.

Maybe this is just be my pedantic nature, but i think your 'dictionary' is in fact a glossary

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Old December 30th, 2004, 03:52 PM
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The tables containing the last five uploaded images and videos takes up more space than it should. On either side of each thumbnail you have quite a bit of wasted space. This could be filled with important information that would increase appeal of your site.

Nice logo.

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The tables containing the last five uploaded images and videos takes up more space than it should. On either side of each thumbnail you have quite a bit of wasted space. This could be filled with important information that would increase appeal of your site.

Nice logo.

G'luc.


I did that so the page would scale to a users browser if they are at 800x600 or larger. Is ithis a mistake?

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I personally don't see any problem with making the page scalable like that, the spacing doesn't bother me that much. I am a bit bothered by the strength of the borders. Things feel too separated to me and as a result I get a bit lost on the page.

I made a quick mockup just as an idea of how they might be lessened (obviously not perfect but a starting point anyway).
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