cssvault - inspiring creativity

Wow, that's great. Haven't seen something that creative in a while. Oh, and since when has the navigation rollover become a de-facto standard? Why can't it be plain linkage? ;)

Vinnie Garcia (http://blog.vinniegarcia.com/)

I must echo the sentiments. Nice site, great layout. Don't like the dark background so much, and the shadows just don't make sense.

Eric

Great typography and color... however, as a long time Chicago resident who just relocated three years ago, I cannot support that alternative style sheet what so ever:)

Brady J. Frey (http://www.dotfive.com)

Great style. I find the really great designs (like this one) have a coherent theme -everything works together. Here, even the wide borders contribute by echoing the look of photos from the 50's. I wouldn't add rollovers. In fact, maybe I'm the only one, but I don't like gadgety stuff on websites in general. Ocasionally it will be done well, but I think 'less is more' is a good rule of thumb in webdesign. In Print you have to pay extra for everything so printed matter tends to be more minimalistic. In web design we can add anything to a page and all it costs is the user's bandwidth and time. The type does need a little extra sharpening. There isn't much contrast between the type and the orange background. But the colors are good. The shadows are used as edging, borders. That can look a little unatural at times but here I think it's okay.

Tim (http://www. ambaka.com/)

This is great - it has a retro, heart-of-America feel coupled with a modern sensitivity. While hip in its way, it is its genuineness - both in design and content - that bowl me over. Everything is nicely measured, so the integrity of the site is assured.

Ann (http://www.thinkingwomansdiary.com)

The red rose photographs in the header image (on refresh) don't seem to fit in with the overall look of the rest of the site. A cool site though.

Ethel (http://luscious-and-uppity.com)

I should mention that the flower/wedding theme images are added because the author is getting married this very weekend. Normally, there are old-style adverts in their place.

Steve Smith (http://www.orderedlist.com/)

"There is no need to use special colors or other visualizations when the cursor hovers over a link. Doing so only makes the page appear more cluttered as the user moves the mouse across the screen." Nielson is always correct.. right?

Andrew

This is a great, well proportioned sites and the colours are spot on. The design obviously has intent, and isn't holding back through lack of confidence.

Robert W (http://www.aggregator.co.uk/df)

Does what CSS should do for websites - the style works with the content perfectly....really nice work.

Matt

its quite good though, but still need to work with css

IllusTraTion (http://www.bokrin.com)

Looks great!

crusader extreme (http://www.crusaderextreme.com)