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Site Feedback for TopReviewShop.com
By Robert Campbell on Friday, January 9th, 2009
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It’s Friday, and it’s time for some site feedback. If you are new to Best Web Image, and the Site Feedback Posts, it’s about giving some feedback on the site listed below. The best way to improve a site is listening to visitor feedback!
Today’s Site: TopReviewShop.com 
Description: Keeping you informed before you make your next technology purchase.
Visitor Feedback: Please take the time to look at their site, and let them know what you think by making comments on this post below. Positive and negative comments are welcome, but comments like “it sucks†or “it’s nice†have no value because you don’t say why.
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Where are all my feedback friends? I guess I will make the first comment. Very narrow. Open up your site a little, and know that most people have monitors that are 1024 wide or greater.
Duly noted and thanks for the feedback. I agree that expanding the width would be a helpful design change.
I didn’t think it was that narrow… but then I remember when most sites kept to a width of 400 pixels or less. OK… just checked it again with another site open next to it – and it is narrow.
I would like to see some roll over states for the navigation. And an “active” state would be good to hightlight what area you’re in.
Manz – Thanks for taking a look and for the feedback. Width is my #1 focus area and will be fixed with the next re-design.
For the area that you are in, I currently use the ‘breadcrumbs’ concept. For example, if you click on a review on a CPU cooler you will see near the top of the page “Home -> Cases/Coolers” to show you that you are in the Cases/Coolers area of the site.
Not sure if that is best way to do it, but I agree that it could be shown more clearly to the user by highlighting the area in the top-nav bar.
Good feedback – keep ‘em coming!!!
I noticed the breadcrumbs, but I think you should use both devices.
Breadcrumbs are great – especially when you’ve drilled down a number of times. But I think that they can also blend in with content… I’d probably try a black button as an “active area” state.
Just my views
nice site, very informative, well designed, easy to use … what can i say ? i love it…
I just want you to know that I think you did a terrific job on this websight.
Hi everyone –
Thanks all for the feedback. Just wanted to let you know that I have gone ahead with making the #1 design change requested – changing the width. It is now a full screen width, and should fill your screen without having to scroll left/right horizontally.
Hope that everyone likes the changes – please let me know if you have any other comments or feedback!