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by JabariHolloway 3569 days ago
Thanks a lot for your feedback anotheryou!

-I like the way the outlined buttons with transparent background look

-I'll try your subtle shadow suggestion

-Do you absolutely think I need a call-to-action button on the about screen? Do you think adding Achievements and Stories links respectively to the "Achievements" and "Stories" text within the about screen would work well?

-While the reddish text looks off, it doesn't stand out well with black, can't be seen with white (based upon the current background color of the about screen) and looks unappealing with my highlight color blue. I agree with you on sticking to a color palette, but doing so didn't work well in this case

-Thanks, I wrote my own pagination algorithm :). I'll add a back button that's always visible

-Do you know a way of making the achievements and stories menu points visually different without the page appearing too busy?

-I'll try the "ease-out" instead of "ease"

-Cool suggestion! I'll keep it in mind for a future design of the site!

-The bottom menu moves up while hovering over a story, which happens incidentally if the mouse intersects a page while scrolling. I'm not sure how to keep the hover effect and disable it while scrolling

Thanks again for your help!

1 comments

- call-to-action would not be needed if achievements/stories buttons are visible. Maybe you should make the about page a bit more bold. A big fat "Hi, I'm Jabari" and no close button.

- the reddish text: I'd probably go with black on opaque white

- I'd make the stories/achievements with the outlined buttons and the about/newsletter/contact things in small text right underneath, maybe with underlines so it's clear they are links. Maybe seperate them with "|" (about | newsletter | contact)

- just position the menu with "fixed", not "absolute"

- ok, great. I'll work on making the about page more bold. I prefer the "Hi, I'm Jabari" over the "JabariHolloway.com" - it's friendlier and people already know they're at the website if they've come that far so I don't need to reiterate where they are!

- when it comes to viewing text, black on opaque white doesn't cause confusion and looks neat. In this case, if I went with opaque white, people wouldn't be able to see the stars in the background, which would detract from the sense of outer space the website conveys

- I like the idea of using separators - I'll add them :)

- perhaps this is truly a bug because the menu does have "position: fixed" set. Are you viewing the website on a large monitor, say 24-inch or 27-inch?

Thanks again anotheryou!