Well Hello There! How you doin'?
ok, ok, ok, my stooopid blonde female hackles ALWAYS go up when someone (even in real life) sais "you might not know me"...*grins*..
Im sorry!, I am over it, honest...ok, the first thing I did was chuck EAS Design into Google.com. It brought me to this :
http://www.score.org/success_eas.html, and the source code for that site was as follows (only conflicting stuff)..
<title>eas design</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta name="keywords" content=", SCORE success story, eas design">
<base href="http://www.score.org/">.....
Then the front page statement of "—Libby Sturman, owner, eas design"
Now, all designs aside, Id be pretty concerned if I wasn't affiliated with this site!...just a thought!
When I then clicked into your site for evaluation, I admit, I love the "look"...Im a graphics junkie...then after a wee bit it started playing this really SCARY music! I'd kinda loose that for a clickable "play music" button. But, I would have to say, that personally, as a small time player, I would prob be impressed with your site.
1. Layout initially for me looked really impressive, but I did think, what if someone had recently got connected to the net, afterall, that would be a great target market for us all right?...I would find your site, (although graphically gorgeous) probably pretty confusing.
2. Everything required "is there", but perhaps kinda "too small" too see (and Im the queen of small fonts!) Some of your "explanation text" re "Anyone can host your site, at EAS Design ...." runs off my screen, (Im on Win XP Pro, 19Inch Monitor, 1280 * 1024)
3. I love the colours, and can "see through" the layout stuff, but if I were a client looking at your site, I think I would be a little confused as to "where to start"....all the inof seems very technical..."switch without any web site downtime" Im sorry, but I transfer DNS/hosting for clients all the time, and I would never talk like this to them down a phone...y'know?....I would probably say.....
"Ok, so you registered a domain, well done!...thats brill!...now what we'll sdo to transfer it ...."..y'know? I feel that althought very lovely in design, and layout, "lacks the human element".
I appreciate you are very much aimed at a larger market/site that I would be, but even so...all the little bits of business make us grander right?
My own business site, is not how I want it to look. I want to improve, get up there playing with the "big boys", but y'know?...the "bigs boys" sites are too impersonal, lack warmth, introduction and an "extended hand". I know many corporates might "appreciate " the look you have totally aquired, but those corporate guys are hellish to deal with!...*laughs*...
My eval would be as follows :
Graphic Design :: (colours, images etc, even thought Ive seen 'em before) 8.8/10 Like the flicker flash stuff, very pretty.
Layout/Navigation :: (ease of use for new users etc) 6/10 simply because everything was very small, and aimed at the "intelligent surfer market", rather than than new users. I wouldnt know as a client where or what I required/needed.
Personally, I think its a great site, but then Ive seen many like it, advertising the same thing, and have been impressed by them too!
I suppose Im a "small timer" I look at navigation in an easy manner, I just want folks to look down a list, see what they want and then click it!....
Cheers, and best of, scotia