A Google search for some song lyrics landed me at Waterdeep’s new site, which I think is great. I wonder what they’re using to power it?
A Google search for some song lyrics landed me at Waterdeep’s new site, which I think is great. I wonder what they’re using to power it?
Ken,
I’d actually seen this site before and was not too impressed. Funny how different things touch different people. What do you like about it? Is it CSS-compliant and all that stuff?
Scott
Scott,
They’ve got some quirks, but not too bad overall:
http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.waterdeep.com/
Actually, I liked the unassuming design. The randomized icon-squares for the navigation, the fun marker-written headers, and the fact that song lyric pages will tell you which albums feature those songs is pretty clever:
http://www.waterdeep.com/songs/youaresogood
That, and their URLs are well-thought-out. They’re not pushing the envelope on interactive media, but they’re doing the basics very, very well.
Coming from someone who knows nothing about “marker-writen headers” or “randomized icon-squares” (are you serious trying to pull these off as techie terms?)….
I was on their site for the first time about 3 weeks ago. I remember being impressed with the simple & clever design! It works for what they need it for, I love it when they dont try too hard. Simple is better here.