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by dgunn 5388 days ago
Currently at work so I'm using IE8. It seems to be completely unusable. I hate thinking about it just as much as the next guy, but it's probably wise to support at least 2 versions back for IE.

I recommend keeping the landing much simpler and more focused. I have no idea what is trying to run when I load the page, but whatever it is probably isn't strictly necessary for the front page. Link to the more complicated stuff for those who become interested.
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johnhok 5388 days ago
Guilty as charged. I did absolutely no cross browser testing with IE for DailyChomp mainly due to time constraints with school starting. No excuse but thanks for the good reminder. I will try to fix up the IE issues as soon as I can. Sorry about that!

I've made a screenshot for you to see how it looks at the moment: http://f.cl.ly/items/3r1H280A2U3G1w0N1d1w/Screen%20Shot%2020...

I did try to put a focus on simplicity. Let me know if you think there's still some unnecessary stuff on the page :)

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dgunn 5388 days ago
Looks great. I love the subtle rainbow effect on the left side of the header. Those little things are what usually impresses me the most because they're so subtle I'm surprised anyone ever thought to do it.

I think the message is perfect. The complication I was talking about is the (likely) unnecessary script running on a landing page. It seems like the intention of the page is simple enough that very little (if any) scripting is necessary. For example, I have a "coming soon" page that is solely meant to collect email addresses (http://soupnextdoor.com) and I'm more interested in everyone being able to see it than how it looks, so I made sure it will work for anyone. I may be wrong about your page's need for scripting since I haven't seen it with a browser that can handle it. I'll take another look with chrome when I get home. Great design tho, and the message is clear. Good idea btw. :)

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