[mattmanser]

Her personal site is terrible though, slow loading, 3.2Mb, has to compile and run all the javascript before it even starts displaying anything.

Why listen to someone who's basically got the new version of a flash website?

Also, try making your screen half width, as if you had two browser windows side-by-side, something I do regularly.

I mean, it's one thing to throw mud about everyone copying stripe, it's another when your own site is shockingly bad.

All it does is show that perhaps it's better to have designers copy successful designs given what they'll sometimes do left to their own devices.