Comments on: Project Petaling Street In Your Face http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/ Malaysia website design blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dannyFoo http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/comment-page-1/#comment-355 dannyFoo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:31:59 +0000 http://Asusual,outofthebluesomethingisthrownrightinyourfacewithoutintentionofharm.However,thoughasmuchI'dliketobehappyforPPS,Aizuddin,andotherswho'veworkedhardinmakingitbetter..Iamhonestlynotveryhappy.Thereisn'tanyh#comment-355 Say hello to my partner in crime everybody. :) I work with Hawk on projects that require more programming power and he's one of the finer people I'd find to discuss with regarding website revamps. Say hello to my partner in crime everybody. :)

I work with Hawk on projects that require more programming power and he’s one of the finer people I’d find to discuss with regarding website revamps.

]]> By: Hawk http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Hawk Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:31:09 +0000 http://Asusual,outofthebluesomethingisthrownrightinyourfacewithoutintentionofharm.However,thoughasmuchI'dliketobehappyforPPS,Aizuddin,andotherswho'veworkedhardinmakingitbetter..Iamhonestlynotveryhappy.Thereisn'tanyh#comment-354 When i first took a look.. the first thing that came to my mind was "A google rip gone bad". Simplicity is a good thing, but so is neatness/tidyness. If you look at google's main page, you will notice how neat everything is. This coupled with simplicity makes it a good interface. The PPS page IMO is really messy, it probably has something to do with how the text is displayed or maybe the lack of visual enhancements. Secondly, the page spans 100% of the screen size. While this isn't really a problem on smaller screens, the bigger your screen gets you will have to shift your eyes from the left to the right to see all the services. I find my eyes doing that at 1024x768.. imagine a higher res :P I'm not a follower of PPS, but from what i see on the main page i think a 2 column design might work. List the links to blogs and stuff on the left and the services on the right. Also do not span the page to fill one end to the other. This way all the information is focused to the center of page where the user is normally viewing. On a second note, why isn't the page done in xhtml1.1/CSS ? Considering the KISS mantra for the design, it shouldn't be difficult to achieve. When i first took a look.. the first thing that came to my mind was “A google rip gone bad”. Simplicity is a good thing, but so is neatness/tidyness.

If you look at google’s main page, you will notice how neat everything is. This coupled with simplicity makes it a good interface. The PPS page IMO is really messy, it probably has something to do with how the text is displayed or maybe the lack of visual enhancements.

Secondly, the page spans 100% of the screen size. While this isn’t really a problem on smaller screens, the bigger your screen gets you will have to shift your eyes from the left to the right to see all the services. I find my eyes doing that at 1024×768.. imagine a higher res :P

I’m not a follower of PPS, but from what i see on the main page i think a 2 column design might work. List the links to blogs and stuff on the left and the services on the right. Also do not span the page to fill one end to the other. This way all the information is focused to the center of page where the user is normally viewing.

On a second note, why isn’t the page done in xhtml1.1/CSS ? Considering the KISS mantra for the design, it shouldn’t be difficult to achieve.

]]> By: dannyFoo http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/comment-page-1/#comment-353 dannyFoo Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:07:06 +0000 http://Asusual,outofthebluesomethingisthrownrightinyourfacewithoutintentionofharm.However,thoughasmuchI'dliketobehappyforPPS,Aizuddin,andotherswho'veworkedhardinmakingitbetter..Iamhonestlynotveryhappy.Thereisn'tanyh#comment-353 Hmm, jerng might be getting at something there because PPS main target audience are bloggers. Being bloggers, it's safe to assume they're within the age of 13-30+ years old. I'd give it 35 years max. And if we did a survey, I think a huge accumulation of these people actually know how to use the Internet. However, no matter how smart the audience, PPS still needs an interface irregardless if a learning curve was there to use it. Every website you go to actually has a learning curve, just that we might not notice it sometimes because we've self-taught ourselves already. Hmm, jerng might be getting at something there because PPS main target audience are bloggers. Being bloggers, it’s safe to assume they’re within the age of 13-30+ years old. I’d give it 35 years max. And if we did a survey, I think a huge accumulation of these people actually know how to use the Internet.

However, no matter how smart the audience, PPS still needs an interface irregardless if a learning curve was there to use it. Every website you go to actually has a learning curve, just that we might not notice it sometimes because we’ve self-taught ourselves already.

]]> By: jerng http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/comment-page-1/#comment-352 jerng Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:29:41 +0000 http://Asusual,outofthebluesomethingisthrownrightinyourfacewithoutintentionofharm.However,thoughasmuchI'dliketobehappyforPPS,Aizuddin,andotherswho'veworkedhardinmakingitbetter..Iamhonestlynotveryhappy.Thereisn'tanyh#comment-352 I like the copy-cat-off-google style better. It seems a little more efficient. I prefer to throw people into the deep end... I think if done en mass, it'll raise the literacy level faster. I like the copy-cat-off-google style better. It seems a little more efficient. I prefer to throw people into the deep end… I think if done en mass, it’ll raise the literacy level faster.

]]> By: dannyFoo http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/project-petaling-street-in-your-face/comment-page-1/#comment-351 dannyFoo Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:57:12 +0000 http://Asusual,outofthebluesomethingisthrownrightinyourfacewithoutintentionofharm.However,thoughasmuchI'dliketobehappyforPPS,Aizuddin,andotherswho'veworkedhardinmakingitbetter..Iamhonestlynotveryhappy.Thereisn'tanyh#comment-351 I was telling KCYap that it's weird seeing not many people speaking about the new look PPS has. Seriously, if really that many people visited it, why aren't they complaining or at least giving any feedback if it was well done. Are Malaysians that scared to be heard? *sniff* Anyway, due to the concerns I'm hearing here, I think I'd better work double time on the skeleton and try to help everyone out. I'll try and make the homepage a place of comfort with attention drawn still to PPS pings without ignoring the priorities of the other services. :) It's going to be difficult but someone's got to do it. And hopefully, everyone will get to comment on it. Because as I've learned from Peter Flaschner and one of his clients, the brand or website shouldn't only please the designer nor the client but also the audience. Well, wish me luck. I was telling KCYap that it’s weird seeing not many people speaking about the new look PPS has. Seriously, if really that many people visited it, why aren’t they complaining or at least giving any feedback if it was well done. Are Malaysians that scared to be heard? *sniff*

Anyway, due to the concerns I’m hearing here, I think I’d better work double time on the skeleton and try to help everyone out.

I’ll try and make the homepage a place of comfort with attention drawn still to PPS pings without ignoring the priorities of the other services. :)

It’s going to be difficult but someone’s got to do it. And hopefully, everyone will get to comment on it. Because as I’ve learned from Peter Flaschner and one of his clients, the brand or website shouldn’t only please the designer nor the client but also the audience.

Well, wish me luck.

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