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1. EmmaJune 15, 20062:21 pm

   Because it’s a website designed to look like a Filofax, it’s a bit cheesy, why design a website to look like a physical object? Computer screens are not physical objects, in the sense you can hold it in your hands and turn the pages.

   Computer displays and websites offer the chance for information and interaction on a level that cannot be accomplished with physical media.

   This site is just text stuck on top of a Filofax image.

   I’ve also noticed sites in the TU/TD section just vanishing despite high scores, what’s that about?

2. ShaneJune 15, 20062:31 pm

   Thanks, Emma! That’s exactly what I was looking for. While some may disagree, at least we know why you rate it low, unlike the other 4 voters so far.

   And on the TU/TD sites, I’m looking for an overwhelming majority to approve the sites. Since people should be voting either 10 or 1, a score in that section needs to skew higher than it would in the main Gallery to make it through. In other words, a 7 may indicate a great site in the Gallery, but not be enough to move a site into the Gallery since the scoring system is different.

   Some good sites do indeed vanish, but I’m trying to hold the Gallery to a higher standard. In return, I do try to leave sites up in TU/TD for at least 5 days to get them plenty of exposure.

3. meashmanJune 15, 20067:02 pm

   I agree the whole book concept is a bit cliche by now, although this one is well executed.

   I’ve wondered about some of the nice sites in TU/TD that we never see again as well.

4. Ben LilleyJune 17, 20064:36 am

   Well it is a nice site but it does have it flaws.

   Pros: I love the book layout here, it has been done well. While it is rather cliche I think it has been executed well. It is also quite attractive.

   Cons: Messy, it could be because it is not in English, but it just seems messy to me, I’m not quite sure where to look, or what to click.

   Also when you start looking into the code it is again quite messy. With really, really bad use of tags like <strong> and <em>.

   5 for me :)

5. Chris WilliamsJune 19, 20066:44 am

   It seems as though the book/folder style of websites is getting quite a backlash lately - I didn’t realize they had been done THAT much that they were now considered cliché?

   Personally I quite like it - although the colors are not necessarily the same choices I would make? The dark red/maroon folder cries out to me for a more bright and airy content section, but the dark blue used for the header just contributes in making the pages feel too heavy to me. Apart from that, there are some nice touches with me being especially suprprised at the form hidden away on the left (is that for client login or something?).

   I do like the photorealistic style and it’s something I keep meaning to have a crack at myself. I also have to say I completely disagree with Emma’s first comments about this design. Why NOT design a site that looks like a filofax - I didn’t realise that just because we design for screen that it means we can’t make things that look realistic? Don’t mean to flame, but that is just a ridiculous statement in my opinion. It is still a website and works exactly like any other website you visit each day - it just LOOKS different, and what’s so bad about that?

   Finally - credit to Shane for adding this to the gallery even in the face of average marks in the TU/TD section. Opinion on design/beauty is subjective therefore if Shane thinks it deserves to be in here then so be it. It’s then up to us to slate him for his awful taste! :oP

6. EmmaJune 20, 200610:45 am

   It’s not ridiculous at all, I will say again, why design a website that looks like a book, filofax, record sleeve or anything else ‘tangible’?

   Websites are not tangible, you can’t pick it up and walk with it. For me, designs like this are akin to making a cell phone that looks and acts like an old rotary dial phone.

   It’s a webby not a filofax and you’re not fooling anyone into thinking that it is!

7. ShaneJune 20, 200610:56 am

   When realistic ringtones first became a possibility on cellphones, one of the most popular ones was a ring that sounded like … an old rotary dial phone :)

8. Chris WilliamsJune 21, 20066:22 am

   Oh boy. *Rolls eyes*

   Instead of asking “why design a website that looks like something realistic”, I would much prefer to hear your reasons “Why NOT”? I would love to know why you think that “we” as web designers should be restricted with our design capabilities? Should we only be allowed to use squares, rectangles and circles with plain background colors for our designs? I have so many questions I want to ask about this but this probably isn’t the right place…

   Yes it’s a website - and no I don’t even think the designer is trying to fool anyone into thinking this is in fact an ACTUAL filofax (its on a computer screen for starters!?), but I simply don’t understand your reasoning behind this thinking. It’s not like the design is so confusing that I literally try and reach into the screen to turn the pages with my hand!? Does this mean we are also not allowed to create websites that look like paper in case I might be tempted to write on my screen, or maybe even a car in case I try and get inside my screen and drive off in it?

9. Arnold OpenheimJuly 2, 20066:07 pm

   When one opens a print magazine one sees pictures of apple pies, women, men, cars and so forth. They are illusions made of many coloured dots. The illusion is meant to represent some physical entity which is supposed to represent some concept to the viewer.

   To the viewer a website consists of many coloured dots arrayed in a rectangular viewing area. Do with those coloured dots as you will. The goal is for the website to satisfy the viewers - users - needs, wants, desires, and so forth. To that end decisions are made; good, bad, indifferent decisions but they are decisions and the user is the ultimate arbiter as to the suscess of those decisions.

   Does the website using a filofax metaphor work? Does it successfully fullfil the stakeholder’s business goals and satisfy the user’s goals? That is the only relevant hurdle.

   Unless your goal is to win the plaudits of a design competition above than the approval from the website’s users whose approval shows up in an increase of your customer’s profits.

10. MikeAugust 9, 20067:32 am

    Fisyco Hungary is “Best of Breed” in my opinion. I am an absolute novice to your business, but this design caught my eye. It’s so realistic that it draws you in.

    It’s also simple and functional, just like a filofax. When I visit a website, I want to be taken right to the information I’m seeking, without any extra steps or distractions.

    While seemingly too simple for web design professionals, a normal Joe like me this style best.

11. Matt KeoghAugust 21, 20067:04 am

    The book or filofax thing is maybe a little cliched but I think this is mainly within the web design community. - Clients love this kind of thing and there is no reason why we shouldn’t make thing on the web look like things in reality. I think it is quite playful to do this and for clients it is something that they can relate to.

    well done.

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