Review my websites, please.

[kingy457]

First of all, this one is a website I designed for a friend while I was bored (he designed the original version, but gave me a LUELinks account to redesign it). Although I am vehemently anti-web 2.0, this site includes RSS feeds, but has a simple, eloquent design, albeit little content, and the forum is dead.

http://www.netcube.org/

This next one is my personal website, which looks like what a website should look like, in my opinion. There's no Flash (which is for videos, not websites), no RSS, no JavaScript except where required, no XML, no crap like that, and a ton of content, especially in Ranting and Raving. Be sure to check out "Roffle's Scripts" in Funstuffs, and the Forums (less than a week old) are fairly active.

http://www.oramus.org/

Thanks.

[Pasquale]

There seems to be nothing much to critique. There needs to be sme design elements in there to spice it up. It's fairly clean, but you need to intergrate something to make it pop- right now it it just columns of content and text with a logo.

Try adding imagery to make it less bland. :)

[skepticstudios]

This next one is my personal website, which looks like what a website should look like, in my opinion.

http://www.oramus.org/

Thats the thing about opinions, everyone has one and in my opinion, there really isn't anything to review, very bland to be honest

[Ygu]

Hi,
i think is so simple, no colors, no navigation...
logo is so big

[dec27]

This next one is my personal website, which looks like what a website should look like, in my opinion...

That's your very personal opinion… no design to critique, are you looking to sell design…? ;)

netcube

The logo is too big and it almost disappear with that background…

[kingy457]

Why should I 'spice it up'? Websites have too much spice these days. It's simple, and I don't need a ton of images to make the page load slowly. It's a website for reading...

[jcombs_31]

so why ask for a critique if you care only about your own opinion? I agree with the others.

[Pasquale]

Why should I 'spice it up'? Websites have too much spice these days. It's simple, and I don't need a ton of images to make the page load slowly. It's a website for reading...
Well i wanted to say it lightly- but I think it sucks. It needs more everything!

[DDD]

Thats the thing about opinions, everyone has one and in my opinion, there really isn't anything to review, very bland to be honest
lol...this sounds like something someone from "Skeptic" studios would say :lol:

Anyway, they both come off as very amatuerish to me. The both lack punch IMO. Just too drab and dull.

[bwh2]

Why should I 'spice it up'? Websites have too much spice these days. It's simple, and I don't need a ton of images to make the page load slowly. It's a website for reading...because with the current design, the text is hard to read. the content text color and background are too similar. also, part of reading is being able to understand what portions of text are more important than others. currently, your design doesn't do a very good job of indicating various levels of importance.

[Pasquale]

It's funny how you bag all the features you hate about "web2.0" when your site does nothing to convince anybody otherwise - in both design and functionality. Adding "spice" to a website makes it interesting. Seems that you picture the perfect internet to be a text -only monotonous, unstyled, and boring place.

Make things legible, and make it visually interesting. With the introduction of media to the internet, it has become a visually-based medium, rather than a text based medium. ;)

[Counterproductive]

Why should I 'spice it up'? Websites have too much spice these days. It's simple, and I don't need a ton of images to make the page load slowly. It's a website for reading...

If thats your logic then why not just post a txt file. But honestly what you just said sounds like a copout for someone that has no design skills.

For a site thats so type heavy you could have at least done something with the typography. On Oramus at present your blocks of text look to big and that can really put someone off reading it. Your alignment is off between the top two paragraphs and the large chunk of text below "Site Announcements and Updates" which just looks odd. Also I find your contrast a little low as well between your body text and your background. As a rule you should have at least a 50% contrast difference.

[HalfpastDead]

Horrible looking sites. Sorry. Funny how everyone with zero creative flair hates Flash. ;)

[dec27]

simple is not the same as "bad", want only text?
there are fine blogs even!
then try some interesting text arrengements…

I agree with everybody… web offers many options!

:hair:

[Phenex]

Funny how everyone with zero creative flair hates Flash. ;)

Way to put it. Bravo. I agree with ya.

[Anogar]

I clicked on each link and then immediately closed them. They're boring and hard on the eyes.

[akphotography]

needs more design and graphics....way too flat and a bit "90's" ....no offense....it has alot of potential

[SpawnOfJon]

Horrible. Both of them. Man you really need to come out of the dark ages.
You said that your site is for reading...
Web 2.0 is all about easy reading and friendly-on-the-eyes-spiced-up kinda look. I can't stand looking at your site long enough to read anything.