The Damashi logo is such a nice piece of art that the quality of the image maps surprises me. And when they are simply text, why put them in an image map in the first place? It would seem to me that rather than have the funny boxes at the top (that you could put into a table and make them text links, and thus more prone to higher search engine placement), he could use art.
Nice website. Loads fast and you get a vague idea of what you stumbled onto. Sort of. You know they're trying to sell you a book, and you have links and plenty of info on there to get you on the right path. (Does that sound too "Zen"?) Unfortunately, there are hinderances to the website that keep it from becoming one with itself. I've listed them as follows:
A Site Review Of Gaslamp.org By Anne Lawrence of Citec.org.
If an older crowd is part of your target market, either increase the font size or refrain from using dark backgrounds. Some of the text was very tiny and difficult to read. Make sure the contrasting colors for text and background make it easy to read.
In the article written by Jackie, a call for a review was made. I make the below comments in the interests of helping out, and I am purposely critical. Not in the hopes that it will anger or frustrate you, but in the hopes that the criticism will help you to better your companies website.
Sorry, but your navigation drove me nuts.
The overall site design loaded quickly, and the aesthetics of the site weren't too bad. The only comments I have are:
Kevin needs to have his links consistent on each and every page. On some of the pages his categories are not there. I had to back page a long while to get back to it.
My first impression of toolup.com is it is an attempt to be like officedepot.com, buy.com, and other dot.coms. The only people that are concerned with whether a business has a physical location are those that have an interest in being touchy-feely. The general population realize that what they want are great prices.
This article reprinted with permission by java.sun.com
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing is difficult enough without having to learn a new API. The first version of JXTA introduced us to P2P, but the API was tough to learn, and not easily mapped to our current process. But now, with the release of JXTA 2.0, you get your warm fuzzies back -- in the form of a ready-made API to wrap your P2P communications, with a socket-like interface and Java I/O streams.
I read WebProNews every time I see it in my inbox, or if I don't have time, I put it in my TODO folder.
I have a folder named "WebProNews" where I save all the past issues that pertain to my work.
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