digital-telepathy Inc.

is this site submitted and reviewed by the same people who created it? or am i misinterpreting the profile of the reviewer and the link to the submitter’s site? with respect, if this is the case, it seems maybe just as “spammy” as some of the posts in the public news. no offense, but personally, i don't think the design of this site is up to par with what the work I would expect stylegala to feature.

whatThe... you are free to express any comments relating to the design. I'm sorry you feel the need to criticize the integrity of the community of Stylegala. At the bottom of all the reviews you will see who wrote it.

Are marketing and spam one in the same, certainly not.

Let me remind everyone who would like to comment on this site that has been reviewed here that your positive or negative reviews about this site are welcome.

However, I warn you that if you feel you need to comment about Stylegala here in this review I will ban your IP and remove your post.

The forum is the place to comment about Stylegala. Disrespecting fellow designers is not something that is acceptable in this community.

Remember to keep your comments constructive and to show respect at all times.

Thank you.

true 'spam' might not be the best description (it's just what I've seen self-promotion referred to in the public news in the past). i think my misunderstanding was that the link to the reviewer was actually a link to this review (rather than a link to the reviewer's own site – which is what I expected it to be).

Simon, I'm sorry you feel something in my post was disrespectful, I was trying to be completely respectful and must not have communicated that well enough. No need to get defensive, I think an IP ban might be a bit harsh for a simple question. I was in fact "misinterpreting the link to the submitter's site" (which is essentially all I was asking in the first place).

As for specific constructive criticism, I think the logo needs refinement (while this is not necessarily within the scope of the site's design, I have a hard time getting past it in this layout). Overall, I guess I just don't see what sets this site apart from so many others. Agreed, nice use of color.

Most people submit their own site to stylegala and there isn't a problem with that. In fact the last site I reviewed was submitted by the person who designed it and I just left the submitted field blank because I thought it was silly to put their name on it twice.

As far as the site goes I am a fan of the color and some of the javascript effects, but the type is a bit small for my taste. Thankfully it was legible and the site didn't break when I bumped it up a level.

@whatthe:

Your Comment "i don't think the design of this site is up to par with what the work I would expect stylegala to feature." is disrespectful to the site designer and has no place in this review.

Please only comment on the site reviewed. As I have said before, it can be negative as well as positive. Make sure though that it is constructive and above all is respectful.

This is the last I will mention this so please make all other comments in this review related to the site being reviewed.

Thanks.

design is nice, but DHTML elements sometimes get 'stuck' in my Opera 9.

Pros: I like the color choices used. Most of the pages are straight forward in terms of what you should pay attention to with exception of the home page. The small use of animations was done non-intrusively and elegantly. Use of space and white-space was done well. Viewing site with no style is still presented logically, but could use a "skip navigation" type link for accessibility.

Cons: Increasing font sizes started to break the site in a couple locations on the page, and large increases totally breaks the site. The default font size is a bit small. Does not look good in print preview.

Overall: Soft to the touch and serves its purpose.

Personally, i dont think the rounded corner will age well. But design concept is such a personal preference it's hard to give an informative/constructive view.

But, several statements on the site are contradicting with its own design and coding style ( i wish there's a nicer way to put this).

JavaScript menu on permalink page (build, market, grow) doesn't work when JavaScript is disabled. Text resize +2 on the makes the content on the front page inaccessible (lost links, hidden content). The site uses >100k of js library to get simple animating effects. Probably want to revise your javascript codes (for example the proccessRFPForm() function) if you really strive to make a 'simpler development and maintenance' site.

Of course, these problems exist in many sites. But if it is featured in stylegala showcase, one would have expected more. Judging from the recent entries, I probably should have known better.

Don't hate me. Ban my IP if it makes anyone feels better.

I think the color scheme is nice, good contrast and typo. the js-more-effect on the homepage is a nice detail, but overall there is nothing special - it looks professional, but no wow-effect...

It's a very beautiful site. It doesn't break any molds, but does a great job with the style that it takes.

the problem with site showcases in general is that visitors expect something not seen anywhere else. If u look at the world population posibility that someone will make a site with wow effect never seen before is very small.I think that we must turn to the real visitors of the site. I doubt that "a real visitor" will notice the file size of js used on this site.Their goal is to make contact with customers and if they succeed with that then the site is good.Don`t get me wrong, importance of standard complient, tabless sites if significant.

Colors here are nice, overall look is ok, I don`t like that on text resize the site "fails", and there is no accesskey attributes and titles on main links.

My 2 cents :)

-I doubt that "a real visitor" will notice the file size of js used on this site.

Well that really depends on your definition of what a real visitor is, isnt it? Dial up and javascript disabled users (not including users with disability) can sometimes easily consist of 8 % or more of a site total visitors. It is a bit naive, in my opinion, to think that most of your users have broadband connection and 1024x768 res.

I think it is not "that visitors expect something not seen anywhere else" - in my opinion, a stylegala or css-beauty listing is something special - it is a little bit more, look at the all stars family and you know what i mean ;-)

digital-telepathy is solid site. colors and contrast are nice - overall it is clear and good to read - but thats it.

Brushing aside the already stated quibbles, such as text-resizing, I think the design works well for its purpose.

It was quite a brave choice, to mix the dark brown with the bright orange, green, and red, but I think they've pulled it off -- just.

I found the "Get Started" tab a little superfluous, and it seemed like they decided they wanted a tab there, but weren't really sure why. Ergo, they ended up with some useless text which, really, on balance, contributes very little, if anything at all.

All that said, it's visually appealing, is easy on the eye, and easy to read. Furthermore, it works at 800x600, without a scrollbar needed. Something which has become increasingly rare of late.

The design is eye-catching. No doubt about that. However, the site, at least the index page, looks busy. It is as if too much information is presented in a small area. More white space would have made the site more spacious thus more fabulous.

I found designers asset firstly on the idea about the rounded header boxes, which have elegant rollover effect mouse over, non usual syntase of brown with other colors. The site is simple but no boring in the same time!

nothing special here,

just a lot of colors,

making EYE-TRACKING difficult

Another brown site! In another post I was saying it is about time we utilised brown and this one of the best examples. Very clean and the red, orange and green fit in lovely. The blue looks a little like an afterthought but I can see why they have done it and I could not think of a better solution.

The drop down menus on the homepage are lovely and accessible though would benefit having skip links for screen readers inside a blank 1 pixel image.

Additionally I think the comments here are far too harsh. “nothing special”, looks “ok”. I disagree strongly the site is lovely, modern and fresh.