Comments on: Examples of inspirational nonprofit web design http://www.kingjason.co.uk/index.php/examples-inspirational-nonprofit-web-design/ Web development · for charities and nonprofit organisations ยท by Jason King Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elegance in Design - Mike http://www.kingjason.co.uk/index.php/examples-inspirational-nonprofit-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-5735 Elegance in Design - Mike Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:24:43 +0000 http://www.kingjason.co.uk/?p=118#comment-5735 The Limbs For Life design is such a look. As Emily said, it's also about demonstrating functionality and form in an elegant manner. It drives me nuts to come across a beautiful design that just doesn't function. Usability is key! Cheers, Mike The Limbs For Life design is such a look.

As Emily said, it’s also about demonstrating functionality and form in an elegant manner. It drives me nuts to come across a beautiful design that just doesn’t function.

Usability is key!
Cheers, Mike

]]> By: Emily Turner http://www.kingjason.co.uk/index.php/examples-inspirational-nonprofit-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-4766 Emily Turner Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:21:46 +0000 http://www.kingjason.co.uk/?p=118#comment-4766 That's a good question! I can't think of one off the top of my head, but you have definitely prompted me to pay more attention - or rather, to take note when I'm pleased with something. I will keep my eye out (and my brain fired up) and get back to you. Cheers! That’s a good question! I can’t think of one off the top of my head, but you have definitely prompted me to pay more attention – or rather, to take note when I’m pleased with something.

I will keep my eye out (and my brain fired up) and get back to you.

Cheers!

]]> By: admin http://www.kingjason.co.uk/index.php/examples-inspirational-nonprofit-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-4753 admin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:52:53 +0000 http://www.kingjason.co.uk/?p=118#comment-4753 Emily, would you like to nominate your favourite good-looking nonprofit website? One that's well-coded and degrades properly? Emily, would you like to nominate your favourite good-looking nonprofit website? One that’s well-coded and degrades properly?

]]> By: Emily Turner http://www.kingjason.co.uk/index.php/examples-inspirational-nonprofit-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-4743 Emily Turner Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:10:25 +0000 http://www.kingjason.co.uk/?p=118#comment-4743 There certainly are some lovely-looking websites up there! I find it a bit boggling that some of them are no longer up/in action since the post was only made in November last year. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but I find myself placing more value in sites that manage to look beautiful without using flash and relying on images. What's the phrase W3C uses... "degrade gracefully"? where if flash is turned off for the user, it still looks good and functions well, then same for images, certain css functions, etc... I often find myself using the Web Developer plugin (on Firefox) to turn off images, flash, css, etc - to see how gracefully a site degrades. Especially with nonprofit websites, I personally find that very important - you don't want to just look good to people who have the best equipment, best internet connections, and are able-bodied - you still want a beautiful, functional website for people on dialup (no images), low-tech machines (no flash etc), or who have a disability (eg. vision impairment, keyboard/screenreader navigation). So while I find that top 10 list *looks* great, for me design is less about the skin-deep beauty and more about demonstrating not only something aesthetically pleasing, but beautifully and gracefully constructed as well :) There certainly are some lovely-looking websites up there! I find it a bit boggling that some of them are no longer up/in action since the post was only made in November last year.

Also, I don’t know if it’s just me, but I find myself placing more value in sites that manage to look beautiful without using flash and relying on images. What’s the phrase W3C uses… “degrade gracefully”? where if flash is turned off for the user, it still looks good and functions well, then same for images, certain css functions, etc… I often find myself using the Web Developer plugin (on Firefox) to turn off images, flash, css, etc – to see how gracefully a site degrades.

Especially with nonprofit websites, I personally find that very important – you don’t want to just look good to people who have the best equipment, best internet connections, and are able-bodied – you still want a beautiful, functional website for people on dialup (no images), low-tech machines (no flash etc), or who have a disability (eg. vision impairment, keyboard/screenreader navigation).

So while I find that top 10 list *looks* great, for me design is less about the skin-deep beauty and more about demonstrating not only something aesthetically pleasing, but beautifully and gracefully constructed as well :)

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