[thelist] [Site Review] Gemsnjewelry.com

[Jeff Howden]

gary,

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> From: Gary McPherson
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> > the border is b0rken,  win2000pro ie6
> >
> >http://r937.com/gems1.gif
> >http://r937.com/gems2.gif
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> > whatever it says under the main logo, you can't read
> > it
>
> How odd. The site displays perfectly in IE6 (tested on
> W2K Server, 98 and XP) for me, while NS7 has a tiny
> glitch at both right-hand corners.
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yeah, based on my reading, that's a bug in moz/nn7.  notice it either goes
away when resized or the corner square shifts one pixel too far to the
right.

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> A bigger problem in NS7 is the main navigation links
> sit over the horizontal rule, instead of above it.
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fixed.  the ul for the navigation just needed a height set.

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> Also, the search page layout breaks:
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fixed.  i just needed to add a clearing <br> after the search box.

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> Personally, I found the blinking "click here to return
> to our home page" link above the main logo rather
> annoying and a little confusing on my first visit, as I
> had to double-check that I was actually on the home
> page.
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agreed.  there's no convincing the client otherwise.

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> And perhaps it's just me, but the rollovers don't seem
> to be properly preloading - it takes a while before the
> alternative images display.
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yeah, the joys of css rollovers.  if i can just find a non-scripting way to
preload them, i'm all over it.

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> The order form seems to be leaving an awful lot of blank
> space unused - I know it doesn't affect the
> functionality, but it just seemed awkwardly placed to
> me.
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i agree.  i'm hoping the client will take the time to enter a decent amount
of information on that page making all that abundance of white space
disappear.

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> The pricing confused me somewhat, e.g. the Brazilian
> Topaz Gems. Does the retail price indicate what a buyer
> could sell them on for, or what they could expect to
> purchase them for elsewhere? Some more clarification
> here would be good.
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actually, retail is just that.  it's what a buyer might expect to sell them
to a retail customer and it's what a retail customer could expect to pay.

thanks,

.jeff

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