[ILUG] testers

[Brian Foster]

  | Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:31:06 +0000
  | From: Kevin Brennan <kevin.brennan at redsquared.com>
  |
  | We're in beta mode with a new site, wondering if there was anyone 
  | there risky enough to test.  [ ... ]  Any feedback welcome.
  | http://www.venials.com

 loose the fixed width.  when the browser is set to render
 text in a large font size, the &*%)!½ fixed-width means you
 have to keep sliding the window back-and-forth horizontally
 to read anything.  (this is a different example of visual
 problems than Darragh's case, and clearly depends on some
 details like screen size, browser (I used Opera), &tc.)

 e.g., I never did find the Help link until I looked at the
 source: it's invisible unless you happen to notice it with
 the window all the way over.
 
 because of this, the site was too frustrating to use (for
 me), so I did not try anything.

 a Good Thing:  the contrast, whilst variable, is readable,
 or at least it is on the main page and Help page, which is
 all I looked at before giving up.   (poor contrast is my
 other common Big Gripe about both web pages and GUIs.)

hope this is helpful,
cheers!
	-blf-

p.s.  not being a mystic or whatever, I had no idea what a
     venial was until I followed the Wikipedia link in the
     (effectively hidden) Help page .... this amusing lack
     of knowledge has no (known) bearing on the un-usablity
     (IMO) of the site.

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