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New Some comments.
1) I'm seeing white san-serif text on a black background, with some green san-serif text. It's readable here. But it's more traditional these days to use a light background with dark text. As Peter says, black backgrounds were vastly over-used and now look dated. I'd suggest a more traditional fore/back color combination. Making the line lengths shorter by breaking the page up into smaller regions would also make it much easier to read. (Remember why newspapers have columns.)

2) The page is very difficult to scan at a glance and know where to get more information. There aren't immediately obvious sections or navigation menus. People are lazy - you shouldn't expect them to know they need to scroll down to find out answers to questions. Bold green text as section headings is too different from what most people expect, I think. It seems to be accepted now (just based on a gut feeling) that scrolling on the first page should be minimized, so you may want to put at least some of the sections you have now on separate pages.

3) I wouldn't put Google ads so close to the top of the page. It looks like you're more interested in advertizing than telling about your software. If you do put them at the top, put a box around them or something so that the reader knows where the ads end. I don't think people mind them on the right side or bottom of the page.

Take a look at these pages: [link|http://www.ultraedit.com|UltraEdit], [link|http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html|XnView], [link|http://www.bitlogic.co.uk/products_borland.htm|BitLogic's Borland Products], [link|http://www.halegroves.com/|Hale Groves], and [link|http://www.us.playstation.com/|PlayStation]. Those sites promote a lot of different things, but it's immediately obvious where you should go for more information if you've never been there before. None of them use a black background. Even [link|http://www.idsoftware.com|Id] doesn't use black any more. :-)

My $0.02. Hope this helps a bit. Good luck!

Cheers,
Scott.
New Id looked pretty black to me
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New (It wasn't 000000 black. It was a bitmap of some sort...)
New Close enough
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New I can't say I like any of the ones you pointed me to
They have a couple things in common - tiny gray text in lots of little boxes. I'd prefer larger.

Second, it seems a bit silly to have a navigation scheme for a single page.

Clearly I need professional help on this design thing - now if I could just find a designer who returned phone calls....



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Expand Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:08 AM EDT
     Website launched, comments appreciated. - (tuberculosis) - (46)
         Impossible to read. - (admin) - (3)
             Not for me - (broomberg) - (2)
                 OK, maybe not impossible, but very difficult. -NT - (admin)
                 Me, neither... - (jb4)
         It looks very 1997. -NT - (pwhysall) - (1)
             Thanks! -NT - (tuberculosis)
         Some comments. - (Another Scott) - (4)
             Id looked pretty black to me -NT - (drewk) - (2)
                 (It wasn't 000000 black. It was a bitmap of some sort...) -NT - (Another Scott) - (1)
                     Close enough -NT - (drewk)
             I can't say I like any of the ones you pointed me to - (tuberculosis)
         Personally, I feel like I am in the wayback machine. - (folkert) - (34)
             Neat. Dave seems to know what he's doing. -NT - (Another Scott)
             OMFG, that Mozart one is... - (Yendor) - (3)
                 Diary is pretty cool, too -NT - (drewk)
                 Black - its all black -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1)
                     None more black -NT - (bepatient)
             Subway Station is a nightmare - (tuberculosis) - (1)
                 Looks fine at 1400x1050. Can see it would be problematic... -NT - (Another Scott)
             Going OT perhaps, but most of those are terrible - (scoenye) - (26)
                 I have begun soliciting quotes - (tuberculosis) - (25)
                     Re: I have begun soliciting quotes - (admin) - (8)
                         So where did you get the art? - (tuberculosis) - (7)
                             Fails W3 validation, though - (pwhysall) - (2)
                                 Like I said, it needs some work. -NT - (admin) - (1)
                                     Fairy nuff. -NT - (pwhysall)
                             Re: So where did you get the art? - (admin)
                             Arts and the Mac - (rcareaga) - (2)
                                 Photoshop Elements 3 is excellent - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                     Two good tips - I'll give it a look -NT - (tuberculosis)
                     Ping ubernostrum - (pwhysall)
                     This might be the answer - (tuberculosis) - (14)
                         terms of service are a beatch, I wouldnt use it -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                             There are many more like that around -NT - (tuberculosis)
                         Yes, because... - (admin) - (10)
                             Its kind of .... unfinished. -NT - (tuberculosis) - (9)
                                 Er, yeah... that was the point. - (admin) - (1)
                                     It is a step up - thanks. -NT - (tuberculosis)
                                 So finish it, you ingrate. - (pwhysall) - (6)
                                     'cause I have no faith in my ability to take it there? - (tuberculosis) - (5)
                                         I'm sure you know we love critiquing things. - (Another Scott) - (4)
                                             Yeah, but this is beginning to resemble the flame forum - (tuberculosis) - (3)
                                                 Understood. -NT - (Another Scott)
                                                 There's a reason for that. - (pwhysall) - (1)
                                                     Cheers! Thanks muchly! - (folkert)
                         This one is fully operational - (scoenye)

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