New PVS website design by a college intern?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The web version if pretty hard on the eyes. I don't think it was designed by a true web designer since it violates some basic principles of design. I assume that the web developer is not a professional if they are just a swim parent with a full time job and doing this as gig work.

PVS probably lacks the money to hire a real web developer, which is unfortunate. They should have realized that the site they designed is not mobile friendly and since the majority of users access the site on their phone it is very short sighted.

They would do better to spend the extra money and hire a professional.

The site not unit violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either.

The site not *only violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either

Not an expert, please explain the ADA compliant comment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The web version if pretty hard on the eyes. I don't think it was designed by a true web designer since it violates some basic principles of design. I assume that the web developer is not a professional if they are just a swim parent with a full time job and doing this as gig work.

PVS probably lacks the money to hire a real web developer, which is unfortunate. They should have realized that the site they designed is not mobile friendly and since the majority of users access the site on their phone it is very short sighted.

They would do better to spend the extra money and hire a professional.

The site not unit violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either.

The site not *only violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either

Not an expert, please explain the ADA compliant comment?

Sites need to be accessible for people woth disabilities on the internet (low vision, etc.)

[Anonymous]

It's using iframes which aren't mobile friendly. - Professional website designer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The web version if pretty hard on the eyes. I don't think it was designed by a true web designer since it violates some basic principles of design. I assume that the web developer is not a professional if they are just a swim parent with a full time job and doing this as gig work.

PVS probably lacks the money to hire a real web developer, which is unfortunate. They should have realized that the site they designed is not mobile friendly and since the majority of users access the site on their phone it is very short sighted.

They would do better to spend the extra money and hire a professional.

The site not unit violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either.

The site not *only violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either

Not an expert, please explain the ADA compliant comment?

Sites need to be accessible for people woth disabilities on the internet (low vision, etc.)

The design layout is hard on the eyes even for those of us that have correct vision.

It is a pretty chunky design.

[Anonymous]

Is there a link to the comment section? The new site is hard to navigate


I think we should complain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The web version if pretty hard on the eyes. I don't think it was designed by a true web designer since it violates some basic principles of design. I assume that the web developer is not a professional if they are just a swim parent with a full time job and doing this as gig work.

PVS probably lacks the money to hire a real web developer, which is unfortunate. They should have realized that the site they designed is not mobile friendly and since the majority of users access the site on their phone it is very short sighted.

They would do better to spend the extra money and hire a professional.

The site not unit violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either.

The site not *only violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either

Not an expert, please explain the ADA compliant comment?

+1

[Anonymous]

When I access it on my iPhone I get a different version, with a menu at the top right. If anything, the colors work better on phone. The blue background is definitely a lot on a desktop monitor.

[Anonymous]

Just loaded it on my laptop. I actually like the modern look, but mostly use the site to download Meet Announcements to know which pool to go to, warm up times, event list, etc.

Checked out the mobile version as well. I don't see an issue swiping right to get to the meet announcement. With all the time I spend on Insta, my brain is trained to swipe down/right ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just loaded it on my laptop. I actually like the modern look, but mostly use the site to download Meet Announcements to know which pool to go to, warm up times, event list, etc.

Checked out the mobile version as well. I don't see an issue swiping right to get to the meet announcement. With all the time I spend on Insta, my brain is trained to swipe down/right ha!

It is a LOT of swiping (actually left - so maybe you are a tinder user) and then you lose track of where you are on the chart. The colors are obnoxious and painful to the eye on the computer but not as bad on the phone. But the site is complete crap on the phone.

If they really are paying this person they need to develop a mobile version that is usable. I am just thinking about sitting at meets where wifi is poor and having to load this very graphic and color intensive site. The nice thing about a simple site was that it was one of the few your could always access with poor wifi to pull meet announcements, etc. even when meet mobile would just not load.

I imagine that this site is going to not do well on the pool deck setting. Hopefully they will rectify it by the next SC season.

I do think they probably hired "cheap" and inexperienced here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The web version if pretty hard on the eyes. I don't think it was designed by a true web designer since it violates some basic principles of design. I assume that the web developer is not a professional if they are just a swim parent with a full time job and doing this as gig work.

PVS probably lacks the money to hire a real web developer, which is unfortunate. They should have realized that the site they designed is not mobile friendly and since the majority of users access the site on their phone it is very short sighted.

They would do better to spend the extra money and hire a professional.

The site not unit violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either.

The site not *only violates design principles, it may not be ADA Compliant either

Not an expert, please explain the ADA compliant comment?

Sites need to be accessible for people woth disabilities on the internet (low vision, etc.)

The colors being hard to read? Or the contrast? The dark background is a LOT.

[Anonymous]

Isn't the site using an out-of-the-box template from wix? Should be a setting that makes the site mobile-friendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the site using an out-of-the-box template from wix? Should be a setting that makes the site mobile-friendly.

I think you are right. It didn't look like a professional did this site - it is cookie cutter and formulaic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't the site using an out-of-the-box template from wix? Should be a setting that makes the site mobile-friendly.

Then why would they not have done that?

[Anonymous]

I don't think there's anything wrong with a cookie cutter site, but just need to enable to the mobile-friendly option...Hopefully, it's straightforward.

[Anonymous]

The real question is: Why did they need to change the site at all? It was linear and easy to use before, along with meeting universal design principles and being ADA Compliant.