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Page : [The Heart-Shaped Box Webpage]
Reviewer : [Robert Brooks]
Date : September 15, 1999
Introduction
"Heart-shaped Box" was In Utero's first and only single that was in wide release. This page seems rather interesting, let's have a further in-depth look at this box. Will this page win your heart?
Connectivity Test
Modem: US Robotics 56K Winmodem
Connection speed could not be determined.
"Welcome" pages are included in the test
Internet Explorer downloaded the page in about 20-35 seconds, while Netscape Navigator 25-45 seconds.
Reason: I believe the main reason why the page took so long to download was because I was listening to an audio file already, and I think that since the browser was determining the audio file already running and the one on the page, it would have increased the download time.
Interface
The page looks pretty decent. I has three frames: a top, a left, and a majority pane. The top frame has Top 25 (Vote for me) banner, including a Kurt Sound Alike Contest. The left pane has the links for the sections. The biggest pane serves as the news and updates for the site.
Q: What can I do better?
A: A few things. Do not get caught up in trying to design your page, because it is not the most important thing. If you get caught up in the design, you will forget about the other and more important things to your site. Suggestion: Try to substitute to frames for something else, such as tables. Also, use text-links instead of the images for links -- or try to narrow down the number of sections.
Page Content
Judging from the number of images that are in the navigation menu, there seems to be quite a bit of sections, however, we can not see what is on the inside, until now.
Multimedia - [Movies, Sounds, Other]
Movies - A total of 98 movie files of all types. The usual stuff, a little bit more extensive.
Sounds [MP3, Real Audio, .wav] - A pretty good amount of of MP3 files, totaling up to 175. As for the Real Audio files, all of the albums (although some of the links to the albums do not work), live shows, and two singles, you can hear these .RA files. Finally, there are 32 .wav files.Other - [News, Games, Information] - Has a link to a news site, a word search, a sound alike contest, link to author's band's page, Kurt's guitars, List of Nirvana jams and songs.
Pictures - [Kurt - 175, Dave - 21, Unplugged - 29, Cobain family - 12]
Lyrics - [Bleach, Nevermind, Incesticide, In Utero, Unplugged, rare songs] - The images for the albums do not work.
Tabs - [Guitar, Drum, Bass] - All of the albums for the guitar tabs section, a few songs on the drum and bass sections, but there are still more drums than bass tabs.
Concert Chronology - [Accurate listings of concert dates and venues]
Bootleg Trading - [List of bootlegs, trading information]
Bio on Kurt - [Short biography on Kurt Cobain's life]
Death Stuff - [Suicide note in text and scanned form, Death Certificate]
FAQ - [The Nirvana FAQ]
New Album Information - [Article found at nirvanaclub.com]
Cover Songs - [Files of covered songs]
Interviews - [Several interviews, a few newer ones]
Fan Tribute - [Fan drawings]
Nirvana Quiz - [Easy and Hard versions]
Message Board - [Message board]
Links - [Text and banner links]
Conclusion
I actually had a pretty good time reviewing this site. I thought the site had something to offer. Yet I think it could improve in a few areas, graphics and compression. Narrow down the sections a bit, it just creates a mess if you don't.
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