I have to agree. The web site is visually overloaded. I would suggest to have fewer and smaller images, and to keep the structure as simple as possible with less animation more space around elements. Scale down the main left image, right now it only occupies space.
On a general note I am impressed with the progress you have made. I have been away from active mining and community participation for a year or so, but I see you guys have been busy with some increadibly exciting projects! Way to go! :-)
Yeah! I think that bugs me too. If I'd have just heard of ERC I'd obviously go to the website first. I would be overwhelmed by that visual, I wouldn't know where to click. At that point I certainly would appreciate that simple structure. SO, I need to critisize some of szene's comment of "it's just a website" too! It's a portal to access Europecoin and to some extent an advertisiment for it.
I'm also impressed by the general progress, there's no denying that, and I think a lot of people are. From death bed to this - hell yeah.
.. and I've no idea what made that update "pathetic"! Sounded more like a victory speech.
some misunderstandings
"just-a-website":
didn't mean the value of a good website, but was meant as an encouragement to criticize it. I wanted to ensure you, that i see criticism as an contribution..
Of course the website is important (thats why i did a new one in the first place).
Victory speech:
Yes its quite difficult to communicate when having to be careful about some details, so sorry for the distraction, but trust me, there is more between the lines.
Anyway I also said, that i agree with most of your Ideas about the website, just asked for some time, to react to it. I will hopefully be faster than i promised.
have fun
Matthias
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