[NewMusic] Barry's $.02

[barry threw]

> Not looking for design input, just corrections to the events on my  
> PHLOG, i.e.

Just giving you feedback from the experience I had on your site. If  
anyone gets to your site via any deeplink, such as you linked from  
this list, then they wouldn't have any idea what your navigation  
symbols meant. As I didn't.

> And speaking of navigation, yours could be a little more prominent,  
> don't you think?

No, I don't think so. I thought about this for awhile, and decided to  
display often updated content prominently, and that anyone looking for  
other sites could find the navigation, albeit small. Plus, the content  
in those areas is so specific that people would come to those pages  
looking specifically for what they wanted. I don't think you actually  
were interested in my design decisions though, so I'll spare you  
belaboring my explanation. Thanks for visiting my site though.

> But seriously, if you were to explore the site a little further, you  
> would find labels for the "cryptic" symbols on the splash page.

I did. However, even after seeing them once, I didn't memorize all the  
symbols and what they meant, so I had to navigate back to home every  
time I wanted to change sections which made the sub-page navigation  
useless to me, hence the feedback.

> Do I need to spell everything out all the time?  Whatever happened  
> to using one's imagination and investigative skills?

No. You don't have to. If you think your current design meets your  
intentions then thats just fine.

> Next time, how about we take the constructive criticism off list?

I am sorry if this caused you discomfort. If I thought it would be a  
comment that would embarrass or distress you in any way, I wouldn't  
have posted it. Please accept my apology.

b