[thelist] 24caratdesign.com critique [was Swish... > Critiques]

[sfmalo]

On July 14, '01 "Crispy" wrote:

> ... Looked at yours, as invited, and don't see anything 'shuddersome', but
the red/orange combo will be pretty much grey-scale for the most common of
colour-blind folk.  Mind you, it looks great to me, but then I'm not a
paying customer <grin!>.  (OK, it's not a "pay" site, but . . ..)

    Mmmmm, do you think they'll be able to read the nav buttons?
>
> Don't know how much 'flash' is involved in your site, but download times
were nice, and I _love_ the burn thing.  I work with a group of
"disadvantaged" kids, and anything that moves in that direction moves me.
Is this part of a network, or just a "local" thing?  If network, I'd love to
have some link/info on it.

    Surviving Burns Support Group (SBSS) is a local non-profit corp. located
in LA's San Fernando Valley. It isn't affiliated with anyone. Its primary
focus is mentoring burn survivors of all ages. The director Maria Patterson
(herself a burn survivor) is a very dedicated lady who visits burn units
regularly and has been the lifeblood of this organization. You'll notice the
Camp for Kids page. She has out-of-pocket paid for kids to go to this
special camp for burn survivors. Cost: several hundred dollars.
Unfortunately, planned fund raisers have never gotten off the ground, so the
coffers are pretty bare at SBSS. I did the Flash web site for Nanas Not So
Perfect Kids as a freebie. That was a work of love. I would love to see this
group get some much needed infusion of greenbacks but don't have the
contacts. I have firsthand witnessed people promise to put together a fund
raiser, only to see it never happen. I feel a <rant>outburst</rant> coming
on. Anyway, there's the scoop.

> However, back to the original complaint, that purple/white alternation is
atrocious <grin>.  It may satisfy the client, may indeed be what they want,
but the distraction factor is huge.  Oh, well, I'm already crispy, so a few
more flames won't hurt.

    No, I see your point. I'll make some suggestions at the next meeting and
see what happens. Thanks for the critique, barn.

(<8Sharon
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