Malarkey's awards are like buses. You wait for ages, then two come along at once ;). And this one makes me wish I'd paid attention in German classes.
A muted colour palette, interesting Flash menu and an unconventional layout combine to make a site which feels well crafted. A quick look under the hood (and the nifty PHP style-sheet writing) leaves you feeling good too.
No more to say except this one is a must see!
Reviewed by Andy Clarke
"And this one makes me wish I'd paid attention in German classes."
The site is not that fascinating if you understand the content...
Well, I don't like how the whole thing flickers when you click a link, and some of the color schemes are not as good as the one on the home page. However, for a german site it's very good.
Posted by Julian :: January 29th, 2005 at 10:48 PM
wow, this is good stuff.
I dont understand one word of it but it looks great. I like the "voting" buttons (the red X thing). The menu and the whole is design is very fresh.
Posted by Tom :: January 30th, 2005 at 11:11 PM
Nice little flash touches, and great treatment of photography. Only thing I'd do is allow the ability to turn the heartbeat off. (Unless I don't see it in the German, of course)..but I get it after about, oh, 3 beats. Or it could become slower and slower, and finally end.
Posted by Stephen :: January 31st, 2005 at 07:41 PM
"...for a german site it's very good."
wtf!?
Posted by Greg :: February 1st, 2005 at 03:24 PM
@Greg: From my point of view, most german web designers know nothing of how to use xhtml and css.
Posted by Julian :: February 2nd, 2005 at 07:00 PM
@julian: but the facts seem to axiomatic. times are changing ;)
Posted by godot :: February 3rd, 2005 at 03:13 PM
For your interest: the site's purpose is
education about aids/hiv and its prevention.
Posted by Stephan :: February 5th, 2005 at 05:02 PM
@Julian:
http://www.rammstein.de/
German boy band by German web outfit http://www.bitdesign.de/
AND
http://zehelein.de/ recently redesigned Microsoft Germany to follow web standards (http://www.windows.de/Homepage.Windows)
I would be less specific anyway. I prefer "...most web designers know nothing of how to use xhtml and css..."
;)
Posted by Greg :: February 8th, 2005 at 02:51 PM
I can't stand it when I can't turn off the sound on a web page. There is no sound Off button (not even in German). As a general fact I don't see when it is even useful to have sound on a web page.
I usually listen to music while surfing and very open I open a page in the background. When you know what the volume difference can be between a generic MP3 and most Flash sounds, you're in for nasty experience with this web site.
I am still undecided as to how acceptable it is to use JavaScript to embed Flash.
I also don't like the use of DLs for the poll: it's not relevant.
What's more it counted my vote wrong because I clicked on a box to see how it would react... and it counted this as my response. No submit, no control... I don't think they're gonna have reliable statistics.
The design is cool and they show good knowledge of XHTML and CSS but to me the experience was ruined from the start, sorry.
Posted by ghola :: February 11th, 2005 at 11:56 AM
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