Hey, Katfluff... that board you linked to a while back is the board for the Anime Federation, which is an anime domain group (which Kurai is a part of :B). It's supposed to be private, but, things happen I suppose... mostly it's private because we use it to vote on new admissions. This is why I usually just say 'yes' or 'no' when I vote, because I don't want people taking any criticisms I have the wrong way.. x__X I'm very picky about what I consider to be a good website.. at least, I feel like I am when it comes to anime domains because I don't like hardly any of them.

I like nice design, of course, who doesn't, but if that's all that's there, then, I'm sorry, that is not a good website to me. Domains with little, generic, or no substance are not places I'd return to. Domains with these and nice but not navigable design are the worst. x__x Everyone designs for IE, and I'm still a Netscape user, primarily, though I will open up IE if I have to. I don't understand why people get so defensive when people complain about their sites not being usable through one browser or another. If you don't like it, make an alternate or simplify your design. It doesn't have to look spectacular, it just has to work. Lately people are forgetting one of the most important and funadmental design principles

FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.

I know this is meant to be applied to architecture, but it can work just as well for websites. The Internet was created primarily as a resource for information, was it not? So shouldn't your design accomodate the information you have to offer in the most efficient way possible? People will probably counter this by saying that they consider web design to be a valid art form. I don't disagree with this, but if you want to be a true designer, you will create layouts that are both beautiful and easily functional, on various browsers. I believe that is the true test of a l33t designer--if you can make it navigable, but it's simple, then that's fine, if you can make it navigable and beautiful, then you're good. Because a lot of people can make beautiful layouts--they're just not functional. One of the things that decreases ability to navigate a whole lot are those nasty DHTML scrollers. They're great when written properly, but for the most part I've found that people just don't code them right. x__x Also I like being able to scroll at my own pace, even if it means the addition of an 'ugly' scroll bar.

People might not think I have the right to talk about this because I have the design skills of an unusually uncreative onion bulb. I find it rather annoying, to be honest, when people say you can't judge something because you don't do it. I visit a lot of websites, I've seen a lot of designs, I know what they're made of (yes, despite the fact that I use Netscape Composer, I DO know a fair amount of HTML code.. I'm just so very, very lazy =P). And even if I didn't, I think I'd still have the right. Like it's been said before, movie critics don't generally make movies, and so on. Yet they know a great deal about the medium and thus are qualified to judge it. I feel that I know a fair amount about webdesign, despite not having a shred of ability. :B;

And of course, no one has to listen to me. Most of the people I know and whose sites I admire are perfectly wonderful in their designs; that's why I like their sites. So if you're reading this and think I'm thinking about you, chances are I'm not. XD;