Re: Thoughts about new Heronswood Web site

Chris,

I find it slow to load, even with a cable connection.
It's too "cutesy" with the fake books, and the strong background colors
distract me from the plants.
I like having many cultivars on one page so I can make comparisons.
It irritates the c### outta me that clicking on a photo does not bring me to
that cultivar, nor does a mouse-over even give me the name:
http://www.heronswood.com/store.php?orderNumber=500069223

I hate, hate, hate that the website does not let me enlarge the font to a
size I can see to read. This last is my pet peeve. I want control of text
size so that I can either skim a whole page quickly for content, or enlarge
the text enough to read it comfortably.

It also bugs me to have a big red "Your Cart is empty" blaring at me. I know whether my cart is empty. Grrrr!

d



----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:37 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Thoughts about new Heronswood Web site


As I start designing my Web site and online catalog I'm thinking about
different approaches that I can take.

As you know, I designed/managed Heronswood's Web site for a number of
years, but this year Burpee took over the site.

For those of you familiar with the old site I'm curious what you think
is good and bad about the new one that I can apply to my site and others.

I obviously already have my own opinions that I'll share later -- I'm
curious what some of you guys think.

Their site is at

  http://www.heronswood.com/

Chris

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