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Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Posted by Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Building a website for HBO's Silicon Valley

I could really use some feedback for my website... are the image captions ok? does it work well on mobile devices? is it slow to load? Does it look nice? How can it be better... all advice/opinions welcome!

http://s.codepen.io/gebrutommy/debug/OXboMY

4 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points
jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points

It's cool. It would be cooler with the parallax effect on each image. My only suggestion.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

thanks.. I didnt think about doing parallax... :wink: I will probably do that if i can get my hands on more information about the company

Sunny Bradford
Sunny Bradford
431 Points
Sunny Bradford
Sunny Bradford
431 Points

Overall the color scheme makes it hard to read text. I.e., Light text in light background
Also Reach for the sky is a pic of people standing in line waiting for their seats. Doesn't scream out social connection. Lastly, the On Time photo is a pic of a plane in the Tarmac. That could have arrived 3 hours late. Images should tell the user the content before they even read any script.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Thanks for your feedback I had so little to go on I practically made it all up! I tried using some of the original color palette like the green text, and the yellow backgrounds.... I also had on good image of a logo but it was black ... it would have been easier to use a white logo I believe :smile:

Sunny Bradford
Sunny Bradford
431 Points
Sunny Bradford
Sunny Bradford
431 Points

Make an image of the departures board at the airport with a bunch of airlines listed as delayed and cancelled. Then all your airline's flights are listed as ON TIME. That speaks to what I'd rather choose. Takes some photoshop work.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

I didn't exactly catch that but I can change my background image to this...

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Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

I guess I can leave it as i have now :thumbsup:

Ben Shockley
Ben Shockley
6,094 Points
Ben Shockley
Ben Shockley
6,094 Points

I like it, it's a really cool idea. It's one of my favorite shows right now. One thing I would say is you might want to put a drop shadow or something like on the text. It's really hard to read on some of the images.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Yeah I tried that ... but it was still hard to read!... thats why I but the opacity on the divs so it kind of gives some clarity