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Subject:Re: web pages From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 22 Nov 1995 10:12:22 PST
On Wed, 22 Nov 1995 07:46:38 -0800 you wrote:
>>Could anyone provide examples of ones they consider good or
>>interesting?
>>
>David Siegel's pages (http://www2.best.com/~dsiegel/tips/tips_home.html) are
>very pretty, but he makes them so by ignoring standards and using extensions
>in such a way that many of his design elements are wasted on and unviewable
>by anyone without the latest version of Netscape.
Hmm, got those spiffy things like fade-in backgrounds and such?
>One of the best organized and designed web sites I've seen is Kodak's. It
>has a good, easy-to-follow arrangement, quick-loading reasonably sized
>graphics, and concise text.
Another excellent one is Crayola's (yes, everything you ever wanted to know
about crayons is now on the web!) at http://www.crayola.com/crayola/. Very
nicely laid out, very nice graphics with beautiful solid colors everywhere
(but of course!) and well-designed crayon image maps. Check it out, for the
nostalgia if nothing else :)
>Unfortunately, I don't have Kodak's URL. I thought it was www.kodak.com, but
>I haven't been able to get through today. Maybe the problem is on this
>end--maybe I just have the URL wrong. (A search will undoubtedly get you the
>right URL.)
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