My Website is Online

Hey guys,

I just launched my new website! There are definitely more images coming, but for the start i think its okay.

Tell me what you think about it

http://davidfarina.com

Very nice photography and I'm envious of your photographic opportunities. However, I think your site is a bit too complex. The menus aren't intuitive too me that is, but please don't give up and just use my opinion.

Lt Colonel wrote in post #17617371
Very nice photography and I'm envious of your photographic opportunities. However, I think your site is a bit too complex. The menus aren't intuitive too me that is, but please don't give up and just use my opinion.

Thanks for your feedback. What exactly was it that led you to your statement about the menu complexity?

Any other suggestions or feedback?

Great photos! The menu seems fine and very simple to me.
I am not a fan of each section being the size of the screen. It does not scroll smoothly on desktop with a mouse. When I scroll with the mouse wheel, it jerks and centers the next photo and does not let me keep scrolling continuously unless I grab the bar on the side and slide it. By the time I get to the bottom I am sick of scrolling bc it takes so long. I think whichever sections/photos you put towards the bottom will get much fewer clicks. I prefer the photos to be smaller. Maybe with a black border around them or bars going across that separates them. Make the photos smaller so you can view more sections at once. Then people can click on one to view that section where the photos of that section are still just large thumbnails until they click on the ones they want to view larger. Right now, you are forcing everyone to view every photo large. Let them choose which ones they want to view large. The site looks like it was designed for a tablet.

Instead of having to scroll down to see each section, maybe have a button for each section at the top in a Nav bar. I also do not like the landing page being just a blank landing page with the name. That is just my preference though. It seems a lot of websites are going this route and it just makes navigating the website slow.

Also, the back button does not work with your site. You are forced to hit the logo or the X to go back. Many people instinctively hit "back" to go back. You are forcing people to have to navigate using buttons on the screen that aren't that obvious. When someone does hit the back button on their tablet, phone, mouse, or browser, it will take them out of your site. You do not want that.

You do not have a favicon either. I would just make a quick one. Not too hard to do.

BlakeC wrote in post #17617855
Great photos! The menu seems fine and very simple to me.
I am not a fan of each section being the size of the screen. It does not scroll smoothly on desktop with a mouse. When I scroll with the mouse wheel, it jerks and centers the next photo and does not let me keep scrolling continuously unless I grab the bar on the side and slide it. By the time I get to the bottom I am sick of scrolling bc it takes so long. I think whichever sections/photos you put towards the bottom will get much fewer clicks. I prefer the photos to be smaller. Maybe with a black border around them or bars going across that separates them. Make the photos smaller so you can view more sections at once. Then people can click on one to view that section where the photos of that section are still just large thumbnails until they click on the ones they want to view larger. Right now, you are forcing everyone to view every photo large. Let them choose which ones they want to view large. The site looks like it was designed for a tablet.

Instead of having to scroll down to see each section, maybe have a button for each section at the top in a Nav bar. I also do not like the landing page being just a blank landing page with the name. That is just my preference though. It seems a lot of websites are going this route and it just makes navigating the website slow.

Also, the back button does not work with your site. You are forced to hit the logo or the X to go back. Many people instinctively hit "back" to go back. You are forcing people to have to navigate using buttons on the screen that aren't that obvious. When someone does hit the back button on their tablet, phone, mouse, or browser, it will take them out of your site. You do not want that.

You do not have a favicon either. I would just make a quick one. Not too hard to do.

Thanks for your suggestions! This is pretty much what i thought plus a few issues i've not even thought about. Thanks for your constructive feedback

davidfarina wrote in post #17617845
Thanks for your feedback. What exactly was it that led you to your statement about the menu complexity?

Any other suggestions or feedback?

Nothing big, but your pictures are identified in "groups", so i would expect your menu to be able to take me to one of those groups. When in one of the groups the user is on a dead-end one-way street. There is no way to get to another group or back without "x"ing out. Just my thoughts.

Lt Colonel wrote in post #17617926
Nothing big, but your pictures are identified in "groups", so i would expect your menu to be able to take me to one of those groups. When in one of the groups the user is on a dead-end one-way street. There is no way to get to another group or back without "x"ing out. Just my thoughts.

I just added functionability to jump to the "groups". Thanks for the suggestions

Good start. Good luck!

Lt Colonel wrote in post #17617952
Good start. Good luck!

Thank you

Interesting website design, a portfolio of images.

Suggest you get a native english speaker to proof your about page. Things like not starting sentences with "And", very short sentences. I'd have done it but I can't copy and paste the text out.

tim wrote in post #17618365
Interesting website design, a portfolio of images.

Suggest you get a native english speaker to proof your about page. Things like not starting sentences with "And", very short sentences. I'd have done it but I can't copy and paste the text out.

Thank you very much!

Yeah, actually my girlfriend read it. Althought she has the profficiency degree in english its always different compared to text from a native english speaker. Would be great if you could do this, here is the text:

I'm a twenty two years old Designer, Web-Developer, Photographer and Producer living and working in Zurich, Switzerland. When I'm not trying to be creative, you can find me discovering the world. And the latter awakened my interest in photography. Design and technics have always fascinated me. Two completely different, yet very interesting topics. It is the curiosity for new things, new places, new experiences and new people that keeps me photographing the world in a way I'd love it to be.

I'm a twenty two years old designer, web developer, photographer and producer living and working in Zurich, Switzerland. When I'm not doing something creative you can find me discovering the world, which awakened my interest in photography. Design and technology have always fascinated me - two completely different, yet very interesting areas. It's my curiosity for new things, new places, new experiences and new people that keeps me photographing the world in a way I'd love it to be.

I've replaced technics with technology. Technics isn't an English word as far as I'm aware, it's a brand name for an electronics company.

tim wrote in post #17618605
I'm a twenty two years old designer, web developer, photographer and producer living and working in Zurich, Switzerland. When I'm not doing something creative you can find me discovering the world, which awakened my interest in photography. Design and technology have always fascinated me - two completely different, yet very interesting areas. It's my curiosity for new things, new places, new experiences and new people that keeps me photographing the world in a way I'd love it to be.

I've replaced technics with technology. Technics isn't an English word as far as I'm aware, it's a brand name for an electronics company.

Thank you very much!

Nice site.. The one thing that the wife and I found distracting was the blurry edges. other than that I love the photos!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

WadeT wrote in post #17626804
Nice site.. The one thing that the wife and I found distracting was the blurry edges. other than that I love the photos!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

I added them after my inicial launch. I found that on mobile it was not nessesairy because you can turn the device. But on desktop, you have no chance to display portrait orientation images while still filling the screen. Tried a black background first that looked horrible. Then i came to that solution. Well, i guess it is a thing of taste whether you like it or not. But thank you (both) very much for taking time to look at it. And thanks everyone else also, as i think the site got a lot better with your tips!