Comments on: Best of the reboots ‘07 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/ thoughts on | comments about | examples of } web design trends. Fri, 16 May 2008 19:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Saad http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43289 Saad Wed, 02 May 2007 22:43:47 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43289 I rebooted because the first mock I did of my site was just thrown together, with no concept or anything. I figured the reboot would be a good way excuse to do a re-design. <a href="http://www.dazedmedia.com" rel="nofollow">My site</a>. I participated in the Standards Reboot, and the site validates to xhtml/css, although it was kind of sad seeing that many of the sites did not validate. I rebooted because the first mock I did of my site was just thrown together, with no concept or anything. I figured the reboot would be a good way excuse to do a re-design.

My site.

I participated in the Standards Reboot, and the site validates to xhtml/css, although it was kind of sad seeing that many of the sites did not validate.

]]> By: Steven Teskey http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43319 Steven Teskey Thu, 03 May 2007 03:46:02 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43319 Funny to see so many little red "X" marks in the Standards Reboot. I wanted to make it, but when I realized that I had a design that I was in love with and the deadline so quickly approaching I made the decision. I won't be done for a little while. I just figured that there was no point in sacrificing the design, the site mechanics or the content just to get a little link love. That is the excuse I back anyways. Good work to anyone who actually participated in the reboot. Funny to see so many little red “X” marks in the Standards Reboot. I wanted to make it, but when I realized that I had a design that I was in love with and the deadline so quickly approaching I made the decision. I won’t be done for a little while. I just figured that there was no point in sacrificing the design, the site mechanics or the content just to get a little link love. That is the excuse I back anyways.

Good work to anyone who actually participated in the reboot.

]]> By: Matt Davies http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43400 Matt Davies Thu, 03 May 2007 12:59:46 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43400 Well done to all involved. Thanks for the links Andy - love the "good bad" comments. Well done to all involved. Thanks for the links Andy - love the “good bad” comments.

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43403 Andrew Faulkner Thu, 03 May 2007 13:08:56 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43403 <blockquote>love the “good bad” comments.</blockquote> Why beat around the bush? ; ) Saad, thanks for the insights on why you rebooted. Anyone else care to divulge why they have/have not rebooted this year? Steven, I think your reasons for holding back the new design are fully justified.

love the “good bad” comments.

Why beat around the bush? ; )

Saad, thanks for the insights on why you rebooted. Anyone else care to divulge why they have/have not rebooted this year?

Steven, I think your reasons for holding back the new design are fully justified.

]]> By: Montoya http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43420 Montoya Thu, 03 May 2007 15:41:03 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43420 Saad, your site is great. Nice work. I agree with all the sites listed here except for Matt Northam's. That site is a terrible mess, everything is squashed together, it falls apart terribly when text is enlarged, and the animated flies just distract the user. It's a failed attempt at a standards-based design. Saad, your site is great. Nice work.

I agree with all the sites listed here except for Matt Northam’s. That site is a terrible mess, everything is squashed together, it falls apart terribly when text is enlarged, and the animated flies just distract the user. It’s a failed attempt at a standards-based design.

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43426 Andrew Faulkner Thu, 03 May 2007 17:04:59 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43426 Saad, Apologies. I didn't compliment your design as I intended to in my last comment. I like the 'stained paper' effect in the banner and at the top of the body. Subtle, but it adds character. May I ask why visited links in the menu have a strikethrough? Saad,

Apologies. I didn’t compliment your design as I intended to in my last comment. I like the ’stained paper’ effect in the banner and at the top of the body. Subtle, but it adds character.

May I ask why visited links in the menu have a strikethrough?

]]> By: Saad http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43464 Saad Thu, 03 May 2007 20:51:47 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43464 I was experimenting with visited links as I usually dont use them, but basically all the feedback ive gotten on the site has said to get rid of it. I'll use visited links in the body. I have a to-do list of details that I'll be finishing, but I'm glad that I churned a design out. Thanks for the comments, really does make one feel good about their work. I was experimenting with visited links as I usually dont use them, but basically all the feedback ive gotten on the site has said to get rid of it. I’ll use visited links in the body.

I have a to-do list of details that I’ll be finishing, but I’m glad that I churned a design out.

Thanks for the comments, really does make one feel good about their work.

]]> By: David Yeiser http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43468 David Yeiser Thu, 03 May 2007 21:21:59 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43468 My reboot: <a href="http://thedesigncanopy.com/" rel="nofollow">The Design Canopy</a> The inspiration for my design came from a Table of Contents layout in a magazine. The entire site design kind of developed around that layout and mood. It was a long, long process though. I have a full-time job, so it was a couple hours here and there, and staying up until 2AM many nights. It was worth it though to see my site alongside all the others. However, I cringe every time I see the red X next to the XHTML Validation. I had forgotten to delete one line of markup from my index.php ... Oh, the shame!! But it validates now. My favorites are: <a href="http://www.playgroundblues.com/" rel="nofollow">Playground Blues</a> <a href="http://www.kostam.com/" rel="nofollow">Kosta Mijic</a> <a href="http://www.jasonjulien.com/" rel="nofollow">Jason Julien</a> <a href="http://blog.criticalwebdesign.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">blog.critical</a> My reboot: The Design Canopy

The inspiration for my design came from a Table of Contents layout in a magazine. The entire site design kind of developed around that layout and mood. It was a long, long process though. I have a full-time job, so it was a couple hours here and there, and staying up until 2AM many nights. It was worth it though to see my site alongside all the others.

However, I cringe every time I see the red X next to the XHTML Validation. I had forgotten to delete one line of markup from my index.php … Oh, the shame!! But it validates now.

My favorites are:

Playground Blues
Kosta Mijic
Jason Julien
blog.critical

]]> By: David Yeiser http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43470 David Yeiser Thu, 03 May 2007 21:24:20 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43470 Oh, I also meant to ask about the contest, is there anywhere I can find information about it? As in what criteria you're judging and when the results will be announced? Thanks! Oh, I also meant to ask about the contest, is there anywhere I can find information about it? As in what criteria you’re judging and when the results will be announced? Thanks!

]]> By: Saad http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43519 Saad Fri, 04 May 2007 01:49:56 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43519 I second David's questions. On the standardsreboot site, I could not find any rules/regulations. I know someone (no names or sites) who submitted two designs, which werent re-designs, one was just a template, and then rated him/herself with a 5, (the work doesnt merit that, believe you me). This has got me wondering, if a passionate group of people got together to create an ACTUAL standards based site, do you think that actual standards based web developers would take it seriously? I second David’s questions.

On the standardsreboot site, I could not find any rules/regulations. I know someone (no names or sites) who submitted two designs, which werent re-designs, one was just a template, and then rated him/herself with a 5, (the work doesnt merit that, believe you me).

This has got me wondering, if a passionate group of people got together to create an ACTUAL standards based site, do you think that actual standards based web developers would take it seriously?

]]> By: Matt Northam http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43572 Matt Northam Fri, 04 May 2007 09:55:27 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43572 Thanks for the kind words Andrew :) it's nice to get a review (of sorts) and I've now fixed the Flash/compliancy issue so thanks for raising that. I don't want to turn this into a tit-for-tat but I couldn't let 'Montoya''s comments slide without gently saying: dude - it's not a mess. The layout only breaks when the text gets bumped up 3++ and even then, it's only 1 paragraph that gets a bit messy. The rest looks like large text, which is what you'd expect.. (?) But blah :) horses for courses. I'll probably take another look at the padding, but I'm happy for the moment. There's too much space on the web anyway.. padding: 2px - it's the future ;-) Thanks for the kind words Andrew :) it’s nice to get a review (of sorts) and I’ve now fixed the Flash/compliancy issue so thanks for raising that.

I don’t want to turn this into a tit-for-tat but I couldn’t let ‘Montoya’’s comments slide without gently saying: dude - it’s not a mess. The layout only breaks when the text gets bumped up 3++ and even then, it’s only 1 paragraph that gets a bit messy. The rest looks like large text, which is what you’d expect.. (?)

But blah :) horses for courses. I’ll probably take another look at the padding, but I’m happy for the moment. There’s too much space on the web anyway.. padding: 2px - it’s the future ;-)

]]> By: Andrew Faulkner http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43588 Andrew Faulkner Fri, 04 May 2007 11:04:56 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43588 As far as being a judge at Standards Reboot is concerned, the advice given is to mark on design, coding and semantics (as shown by the 'stars' on the website) - how one judges each element is really up to that particular judge. Personally, where coding is concerned I am looking for sites that have strived to achieve optimum compliancy an accessibility. They may not be perfect for one reason or the other, but Rebooters should have tried to improve in this department. For design, I vote highly for original designs that 'work.' This is very hard to judge due to everyone having an opinion on what is right in design. I really have to go for gut feeling and initial reaction. Some testing as far as browser resizing etc may sway me also. Matt, Thanks for tweaking the Flash code. As far as being a judge at Standards Reboot is concerned, the advice given is to mark on design, coding and semantics (as shown by the ’stars’ on the website) - how one judges each element is really up to that particular judge.

Personally, where coding is concerned I am looking for sites that have strived to achieve optimum compliancy an accessibility. They may not be perfect for one reason or the other, but Rebooters should have tried to improve in this department.

For design, I vote highly for original designs that ‘work.’ This is very hard to judge due to everyone having an opinion on what is right in design. I really have to go for gut feeling and initial reaction. Some testing as far as browser resizing etc may sway me also.

Matt,

Thanks for tweaking the Flash code.

]]> By: Mahir http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43708 Mahir Sat, 05 May 2007 00:41:21 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-43708 I thought it was kind of funny to see some sites that weren't valid xhtml and css. Just thought if you wanted to reboot with standards in the first place that your site would validate. Check out <a>my reboot</a>. I thought it was kind of funny to see some sites that weren’t valid xhtml and css. Just thought if you wanted to reboot with standards in the first place that your site would validate.

Check out my reboot.

]]> By: Nathan Borror http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-44173 Nathan Borror Mon, 07 May 2007 05:08:46 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-44173 I love the name of this site which makes me kinda glad my site didn't end up on that list :P I love the name of this site which makes me kinda glad my site didn’t end up on that list :P

]]> By: dazd http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-46250 dazd Tue, 15 May 2007 16:02:54 +0000 http://fadtastic.net/2007/05/02/best-of-the-reboots-07/#comment-46250 I think www.ZieDesign.com is one of my favourite reboots. It has some wonderful colours and swirlies. I think www.ZieDesign.com is one of my favourite reboots. It has some wonderful colours and swirlies.

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