A Review of Atlanta Events by Ejaz Siddiqui

Color and structure need some improvement

  • Ejaz Siddiqui

    Ejaz Siddiqui

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    Color and structure need some improvement

    Posted on Feb 17, 2010 at 1:21 PM

    It is a very good design (specially slider). but there are arias where you can improve it.

    1- Red color on navigation is make it almost unreadable

    2- In Event Highlights section: It could be improved by adding categories (e.g. event name). You can't judge which picture belongs to which event.

    • Benjamin Charity
      Benjamin Charity commented:
      Posted: on Feb 17, 2010 at 1:33 PM

      Thank you Ejaz!

      Hmm I'll take another look at the nav but the red reads just fine for me (obviously in this small image it is hard but when the image is expanded to normal size it seems fine).

      Very good idea about the highlights section. I've been so caught up with my layout troubles that I've blown right past some things!

    • Ejaz Siddiqui
      Ejaz Siddiqui commented:
      Posted: on Feb 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM

      Ben, Thanks for the feedback on my feedback.

      Maybe red color on navigation looks good on full image but Form usability point of view It is very hard to read red on black due to very low level of contrast.

      There are people who would love to go to concerts but could not be very good with their eyes. These people even may not distinguish between navigation text with its background.

      Solution: Use a shade having some contrast with background. e.g. Yellow, Gray, Even Red (with lighter shade). You have to experiment shade to find the suitable color.

      Anyway, its a good design.