Re: Ok, http://gperiodic.seul.org exists

[Malonowa <malonowa@wanadoo.fr>]

Kyle Burton wrote:

> Ok, this is a call for criticism on the layout of the GPeriodic site...

> I've re-done the layout, and have only seen it under Netscape on Linux,
> at 800x600, and have no idea how it will look on other os's or browsers.
>

OK.

You're using HTML 4 specifics which will not display on version 3 browsers.

You haven't defined meta tags for search engines etc.

All the nbsp stuff you may be able to replace with:

        <SPACER TYPE="horizontal" SIZE="n"> or <SPACER TYPE="vertical" SIZE="n">

I think the white's a bit boring. It's ok if you're contrasting with bright
colours and black outlines but otherwise it tends to just irritate the eyes. It's
not the sort of colour that children and teenagers would go for either.

The site isn't informative at all and I don't see the point in the screenshots as
they are. They don't demonstrate any point.

Suggestions for content:

What does the program do exactly?
What curriculum targets/criteria does it meet?
What's the point in a screenshot of the about box!?
Try to avoid HTML 4 - not everyone has browsers that can cope with it V3.2 is
still really the standard.
Liven it with a bit of Javascript - maybe.
Don't you have any nice 3D pictures of molecules? A picture tells a thousand
words.
Divide the page into Framesets and then the menu and logo won't reload every time
you choose something.

Perhaps you could find a more interesting name for the program as well. That's
personal though - I hate seeing G this G that, K this, K that everywhere - where's
everyone's imagination?

When you have to talk about a "product" try to think in terms of features and
benefits and keep the text to a minimum.

Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh.