Comments on: Content Heavy Websites With Beautiful Layout

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:30:31 +0000

Brenda,
If you optimize your images and your site properly loading times shouldn’t be an issue, especially if you look at the percentage of slow connection users that visit your site. Analytics should be used to determine what the best solution for designing a site is. If Analytics show that 40% of the users are still using dial-up (I doubt it, but lets pretend for a minute), then having heavy images on a site should be reconsidered.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:48:04 +0000

There is no doubt, they are all awesome. But if your website is full of info or just like this, will it consume time when loading? Like when you have readers who have slow connection, will it load fast?

By: CK

CK — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:00:23 +0000

Great Post – thank you :)

By: The New Black Web Design

The New Black Web Design — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:41:21 +0000

Great list! :)

Content heavy sites can be tricky, getting a clear hierarchy and structure that still lets the user find the right information fast is crucial and these sites do it with ease.

By: Peter Darnell

Peter Darnell — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:45:38 +0000

I too was slightly misled about the title indicating copy heaviness. I was thinking i was about to look at pages an pages of text. That being said these are some outstanding website designs.
The one word that I did not see in any of your reviews is the world “color”. One of THE things that makes web design exciting, amongst many other things is how much more power the positive generation of color can be, as opposed to the reflective or negative generation of color that the offset printing process produces (read Arnheim all of the visual addicts out there -I’m one too!). You have captured that beautifully here and integrated with intelligent design systems. Thumbs up!
Best,
Peter Darnell,
Principal/Design Director
Visible Works Design

By: Boldis Media

Boldis Media — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:23:41 +0000

Great article! Heavyweight sites is our future web with a LOT of information flows.

By: bgalmar

bgalmar — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:50:02 +0000

This is a great list. Nice to see structure and typography set a hierarchy and organization. Also, thanks for including PURE Grips in with these other beauties!

By: Samuel King

Samuel King — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:32:46 +0000

Thanks so much for including the PURE Grips website alongside a lot of other great work.

Thanks!
Sam King, {e} House Studio

By: Valldeperas

Valldeperas — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:53:42 +0000

Wow, they’re all so nice! Really very nice showcase man! ;)

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