The North End Yoga web site has great images, good use of color, and a layout that’s organized and easy to navigate. There are problems, however, in the left navigation panel.
Notice how the link text runs over the boundary into the main content area. And, it’s hard to read all caps and right aligned text. The navigation panel itself isn’t sized properly to fit the text. This leads to little or no margins, another factor contributing to poor readability. The blue color for mouseover and visited links is easy to see. The grey color, however, is not.
On the right is the navigation panel I designed for my client Contemporary Fusion. I used small caps instead of all caps for the link text. Small caps are easier to read than all caps. Why not use regular text here? Because I want to visually differentiate the navigation text from content text. On mouseover a link turns purple to match the overall color scheme used in the web site.
Small details can make the difference between a polished, professional web site and a sloppy, amateurish one.
Analysis by Smart Alice Web Design.
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