Any feedback appreciated. I worked hard on this project, and still looking to make it better. Thanks for any comments. Enjoy your Friday WDF people.

 

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looks quite nice.

 

good choice of colours, i like the layout and the usability..

 

only thing wrong.. you need to sort out the optimisation..

 

Sort out page titles, descriptions and keywords... making sure they are all different and relative the the content on the page.

Top of the image needs to line up with the top of the text and the 'view...' with the bottom of the text

 

In the banner, the blue gradient needs to continue through the grid that the flag sits on, and possibly grade the grid from the right.

I like it, it's clean and simple. Very easy to find what you need and doesn't feel like there's too much information thrown at you - something many similiar jobs sites fail at.

Thank you Martin, scifunk, & Tom for the feedback.

 

looks quite nice.

 

good choice of colours, i like the layout and the usability..

 

only thing wrong.. you need to sort out the optimisation..

 

Sort out page titles, descriptions and keywords... making sure they are all different and relative the the content on the page.

SEO needs a thorough review, I agree. One of the big issues I ran into was that so many job websites are already ranked with 2 main keywords - "location" + "jobs". Actually allowing jobs to be indexed seemed strange because they expire and I was afraid to use expired jobs as landing pages...but I suppose I could redirect, and having them indexed with correct page titles would exponentially affect SEO. (sorry for the run on sentences...lol)

 

Top of the image needs to line up with the top of the text and the 'view...' with the bottom of the text

 

In the banner, the blue gradient needs to continue through the grid that the flag sits on, and possibly grade the grid from the right.

I was growing an emotional attachment to the grid image... ..I'm over it now.

 

I like it, it's clean and simple. Very easy to find what you need and doesn't feel like there's too much information thrown at you - something many similiar jobs sites fail at.

Exactly what I was hoping to achieve! I hope this qualifies me as a User Interface Designer...haha.

This website is redirecting me to satansoft microsoft because I am viewing the site in IE6. Sorry, but this is a big no-no in my book. Telling the user what browser to use, even if they are using IE6 (I'm at work, I have no choice) is bordering on offensive. Why not make your site usable in IE6? Sorry, but I was unable to provide a review, beacuse I was only able to see the site for 3 seconds at a time.

This website is redirecting me to satansoft microsoft because I am viewing the site in IE6. Sorry, but this is a big no-no in my book. Telling the user what browser to use, even if they are using IE6 (I'm at work, I have no choice) is bordering on offensive. Why not make your site usable in IE6? Sorry, but I was unable to provide a review, beacuse I was only able to see the site for 3 seconds at a time.

 

I suppose I could redirect to the RSS feed if IE6 is capable of rendering it correctly. I stand my ground Redmond - surrender!!

 

EDIT: I do understand what is at hand here though. Blocking IE6 users is quite a statement especially for a simple website that delivers some simple information. However, there is a bigger reason at play here. Although it is absurd to be forced to upgrade, such is the nature of the technology life cycle. We will always face change if we wish to move forward. It's the same with the automobile industry...cars just aren't the same anymore. IE6 was released in 2001, almost 10 years ago.

Hahaha - IE6? RSS?

.TXT maybe?

EDIT: I do understand what is at hand here though. Blocking IE6 users is quite a statement especially for a simple website that delivers some simple information. However, there is a bigger reason at play here. Although it is absurd to be forced to upgrade, such is the nature of the technology life cycle. We will always face change if we wish to move forward. It's the same with the automobile industry...cars just aren't the same anymore. IE6 was released in 2001, almost 10 years ago.

The debate rages... but I stand by what I say. I don't believe you should force people to update their browser. Your job as a designer is to communicate using the available tools and means, and at present that includes IE6. Technology may move quickly, but people often don't. It's a fact of life; and life's a bitch...

This site offers an alternative to 'forcing' the user to update to IE6 to view the page. It shows an IE notification bar recommending the user update to the latest version, and warns that the page might not display properly until they do. Much less intrusive.

 

http://ie6update.com/

This site offers an alternative to 'forcing' the user to update to IE6 to view the page. It shows an IE notification bar recommending the user update to the latest version, and warns that the page might not display properly until they do. Much less intrusive.

 

http://ie6update.com/

It's a very clever idea, but I don't like the fact that it is essentially tricking the user into updating by imitating a satansoft microsoft alert. Let people change at their own rate, and just develop for IE6 while it still lives. It's not the biggest hardship in the world.