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Andy Brummer wrote: ut I'd think more about the main message for the main page and move the list of links down for the interested or put them on another page.
Thanks - that's definitely something to consider.
Andy Brummer wrote: It's difficult to find anything for the eye to rest on except the black image and that doesn't seem to be the real focus.
Exactly. Since that's my app, I changed the screen colors so the background is now white and re-snapped it. The big black blotch was also a problem for me.
Thanks!
Marc
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The font "Varela Round" renders with artifacts.
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harold aptroot wrote: The font "Varela Round" renders with artifacts.
Fixed. Now renders much better in Chrome.
Marc
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Agreed with OrigGriff on the "4.61 / 5" rating.
I was expecting some of the text on the main page to be links to more detailed info on the same.
I liked reading the About. The more I read, the more I desired to read. Thus, a good amount of text.
Overall, I like it. I'll give it another look-see this afternoon, when the coffee has worn off and I'm more grumpy.
Misc. Notes
Of your typing Ctrl+C to crash the PDP-11, I purposely crashed the TRS-80's at my school, including hacking the startup floppy disks to display hack msgs to other classmates on how their (then-80's) hair was wickedly outdated. 
Good choice to not include on the Home page "I'm 36.23% the man that @OriginalGriff is" in relation to your 391,711 CP points vs. his 1,081,167 CP points.  (Just don't include yer 5671.26% more the man than I am!!)
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Sorry to break it to you this way, but CP points doesn't translate to man points.
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If they did, JSOP would have used Griff for target practice long ago. 
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MacSpudster wrote: Agreed with OrigGriff on the "4.61 / 5" rating.
Yup, fixed that.
MacSpudster wrote: I was expecting some of the text on the main page to be links to more detailed info on the same.
I'll have to work on that a bit.
MacSpudster wrote: I liked reading the About. The more I read, the more I desired to read. Thus, a good amount of text.
Thanks! As per others, I'm going to break it up with some images relevant to each section.
MacSpudster wrote: Of your typing Ctrl+C to crash the PDP-11, I purposely crashed the TRS-80's at my school, including hacking the startup floppy disks to display hack msgs to other classmates on how their (then-80's) hair was wickedly outdated
Oooh - evil!
MacSpudster wrote: Good choice to not include on the Home page "I'm 36.23% the man that @OriginalGriff is" in relation to your 391,711 CP points vs. his 1,081,167 CP points.
 I'll make sure to omit that little detail. 
Marc
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The main font (Varela round) is somehow clustered/faded on my computer (Win7/FF24.7.0). Looks like your website has been staying too long outside in the rain.
I'd put thin borders to the images on the front page, so that the Code Project does not seem to be part of the web site.
I'd actually move the pictures and below content on a separate page. On the front page, I'd just add a small & brief description with your main message, and with links to the three columns on this separate page (CAREER, OPEN SOURCE, PUBLICATIONS).
I'd turn the bullet points that can be links into ... links, for instance all the Git stuff.
I'd remove the picture of the cat, but this is because I am a member of the CAC, the committee against cats.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Rage wrote: The main font (Varela round) is somehow clustered/faded on my computer (Win7/FF24.7.0). Looks like your website has been staying too long outside in the rain.
Fixed the font for a few things. It renders much better now in FF and Chrome.
Rage wrote: I'd put thin borders to the images on the front page, so that the Code Project does not seem to be part of the web site.
The whole image now links to the article list, but I think I want to stay away from borders.
Rage wrote: I'd actually move the pictures and below content on a separate page. On the front page, I'd just add a small & brief description with your main message, and with links to the three columns on this separate page (CAREER, OPEN SOURCE, PUBLICATIONS).
Yes, you're the second person to suggest something similar to that. I'll play around with it and see how it goes.
Rage wrote: I'd turn the bullet points that can be links into ... links, for instance all the Git stuff.
Done. Also made the links a different color so it's more obvious.
Rage wrote: I'd remove the picture of the cat, but this is because I am a member of the CAC, the committee against cats.
My girlfriend wonders how anyone can hate cats!
Thanks for the great feedback!
Marc
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In Mozilla, looks acceptable, there are some font issues as others have pointed out already. In IE your site looks like something I would have created, no margins, almost no formatting whatsoever and stuff showing up in odd places etc. (I don't do websites)
I know it's cool to not use or dislike IE of any flavor, however some of your potential customers may not know it's uncool to use IE and come across your website and say "oh dear...".
Or maybe you just haven't got around to IE testing yet.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: Or maybe you just haven't got around to IE testing yet.
Hadn't, and since I'm using SquareSpace as the content provider service, I've opened a ticket with them. They are aware of the problem and working on fixing it. Good luck to them, haha.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: They are aware of the problem and working on fixing it.
The standard reply for all call centers and support forums.
Hope your website is succesful! Does this mean you are going add wesite design to your list of experience?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: Does this mean you are going add wesite design to your list of experience?
Hah. Hardly. SquareSpace is for people who have no clue how to put together a website. Now, while I do not fit in that category, I am also not a website designer. I can program a website, but the design, graphics, behavior and all that should be in the purview of a designer, not a programmer!
Marc
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Nice ,clean and to the point. But I half expected the pictures on the frontpage to be clickable and do something (funny|cool|impressive) or lead somewhere.
I'm missing something that shows what you are/have been doing besides just telling us.
Or am I just expecting to much? (Says the guy that doesn't have a homepage)
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: But I half expected the pictures on the frontpage to be clickable and do something (funny|cool|impressive) or lead somewhere.
The open source and article pics now link, I'm working on coming up with something interesting for the switch ring.
Jörgen Andersson wrote: I'm missing something that shows what you are/have been doing besides just telling us.
Well, I'm hoping that's what "clients" and "about" covers, but I may actually have a link to my full resume as well.
Thanks for the feedback!
Marc
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If it's meant to be an online resume it's not bad. If it's meant to be a normal website then it's too much clutter to dump all on one page. So, as usual with tech people, the answer is "it depends."
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: If it's meant to be an online resume it's not bad.
Yeah, that's basically the idea. Certainly not a "normal" website, whatever that is. Though i agree, there's probably too much on the home page. Several others made similar comments, so I'll reflect on cleaning it up and distributing the content around to other pages.
Thanks!
Marc
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In concert with others, not a big fan of the font... looks very sterile to me.
The graphic from H.O.P.E (I think that is the right name).. I read the article, so I understand what it is, but, on its own, it seems very misplaced.
On a personal note.. the language listed are... interesting... Pascal and Fortran: when was the last time they were actively used?
But.. clean, easy to read.. almost reads as a CV.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: In concert with others, not a big fan of the font... looks very sterile to me.
I changed it, it looks a lot better in Chrome now, but I tend to like to clean look.
Tim Carmichael wrote: The graphic from H.O.P.E (I think that is the right name).. I read the article, so I understand what it is, but, on its own, it seems very misplaced.
Well, among other things, I changed the background color to white. I was basically just wanting some sort of interesting graphic for that heading.
Tim Carmichael wrote: Pascal and Fortran: when was the last time they were actively used?
Agreed. Removed them.
Tim Carmichael wrote: But.. clean, easy to read.. almost reads as a CV.
That is the point.
Thanks for the great feedback!
Marc
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For some reason I expected everything to be clickable... It isn't.
I think when you find users of your website clicking on lots of unclickable stuff something isn't right.
It may be the font family, style or color.
What's the cat doing in the contact form?
Other than that it's looking impressive 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: For some reason I expected everything to be clickable... It isn't.
That's an interesting point. I've made a few things clickable, but I like what you're saying - it's interesting how a layout can suggest a certain action.
Sander Rossel wrote: It may be the font family, style or color.
Clickable text is now clearly denoted in blue.
Sander Rossel wrote: What's the cat doing in the contact form?
Just some humor. Yet another picture of me seemed silly. "Contact me", as in "wake up the cat". Probably a bit silly as well on my part.
Sander Rossel wrote: Other than that it's looking impressive
Thanks! SquareSpace is really fun to work with (mostly!) and I've gotten fantastic customer support from them.
Marc
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I just followed a course on webdesign, yet I have no further comments at this time
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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