A Review of Landing page for research paper library by Steve Osborne

Hi Jens

I don't have a lot more to add to what's been already mentioned. This looks pretty straightforward, easy to understand, well-thought out and fulfills the brief.

The things I think could be improved are:

1. The logo and its positioning. My personal preference would be to delete the cartoon character altogether and replace him with a symbol. For me, he lowers the tone of the business. Makes it look amateurish. The logotype looks very jammed in by the nav tabs underneath. Could the tabs be repositioned to a more usable area?

2. The vertical alignment of the four link buttons is off-putting. They don't line up with anything and seem to float awkwardly in the space. I would make a fifth button and space them evenly across the page.

3. There's an awkward step where the left column meets the main essay panel. Drop the left down to align the two at the top and leave the text only in the space.

4. There are alignment issues in the typography as well. The mix of centred and ranged left subheads is messy. The only one that should remain centred is the Ready to start... Make all the rest range left and reposition all the icons to the right eg. Get ideas and start writing range left in the box, lightbulb icon at right.

5. In the header, make the plagiarism text range left above the search box.

6. In the main panel, move the written pages icon to right, aligned above the Keywords panel. John F. Kennedy's Life range left. In the link line below, move the stars and reviews to align with the Keywords panel.

7. At the bottom of the essay panel, move the stars to the right and range the text column left under the subhead.

8. For the rest of the typography, the serif/sans mix is a little awkward in places. I like the serif – it's a good "educational" look – but I'd like to see it replace the sans subheads in the link panels at top.

9. Delete the grey arrows behind the green buttons. Unnecessary and distracting.

Hope this helps.