This Site's Design Philosophy

Standard Web design philosophy has it that "yeeze are all eejits."

The gurus insist that all information on a page should be digested in 18 seconds, require no screen scrolling, and only one article or point should be covered on each page. Visual flash is required and animation is a must.

Paragraphs should be short and snappy.

Like this.

And This Site?

The Move To Ireland site ignores most of these design guidelines. Some pages are titanically long, most have few graphic elements. Why?

Keeping all the information on one page makes it easier to print out for handy reference, and allows fast links between topics. I figure you don't mind long text download times as long as you've got plenty to read while the rest of the data is coming through.

Graphic elements slow download time, as do animations. Even in these days of broadband, the majority of people worldwide are still relying on unreliable modems. I've put pictures in to help illustrate the text, and for a bit of a visual break. At the request of subscribers, I've included dozens of photos of Ireland. But, this is an information heavy site and the graphics are usually secondary.

White backgrounds and black text are usually the easiest to read. I kind of like the light puffy blue cloud look this site used to have, but reaction varied. So, it's on to all white.

After years of answering your emails, I've reorganised the menus and links to help you easily find the items you need.

If you think this is a crummy way to organise things, let me know.

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