Comments on: The Look of Middlebury: New Website Mock-Ups Revealed http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: New Middlebury Site Features Deep Content, Innovative Design http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-3662 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:07:39 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-3662 [...] find out more about the design, you can read this report from when it was unveiled in July 2008. There are reactions to the design in the comments at the [...]

]]> By: White Whale Unveils Section Web Pages [live-blog] « MiddBlog http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2983 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:40:52 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2983 [...] 10:38 Today is about top-level navigation (i.e. the links below the homepage “waveform“) [...]

]]> By: MWD http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2722 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:13:35 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2722 I think watching the video puts a lot of what the website is trying to achieve into perspective. While the website is very much a navigational source and information center for those already on campuses across the world, the homepage as it is is VERY crowded with too many images and too many other entities, which takes away from the “college” appeal rising seniors are looking for in their college search. Those already attached to the college will use whatever website is out there, prospective students, hungry for information in a world that is sending less and less brochures and viewbooks often only have the websites. Personally speaking, I wish they’d lose some of the close up photos of people in a lot of their publications and focus more on the scenic beauty no matter to what they are referring (study abroad, vt campus, etc).

]]> By: Natty http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2720 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:01:17 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2720 I love the new interface, and while I’m a little wary of having those “inspirational” stories about midd and midd students (I just find them pretentious, sometimes) be so central, as long as it’s easy to get to the real information then as an opening page it’s fine. It does seem a little spartan – some beautiful photo(s) of middlebury would be nice – maybe as a faint background for the whole page that changes with the seasons.

]]> By: Chris Free http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2718 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:50:51 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2718 Why have we hidden images of our beautiful campus and vibrant student life behind a disproportionately large series of colorful lines?

The old website prominently and proudly displays images of our campus, students, activities, facilities, and culture immediately upon opening. The rotating series of images and stories of the old site succinctly capture what this site attempts to achieve through overkill.

The new website is akin to the proposed Middlebury logo of last year. Its tacky and disconnected from the things that define Middlebury College. We should let upfront images and stories of the college speak for themselves without the handicap of b-rate modern art.

]]> By: Caroline Eisner http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2717 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:57:57 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2717 Beautiful. Different. Simple. I like the risk.

]]> By: Deborah Young http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2716 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:43:12 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2716 This web site is a marketing tool, just like the other one. I would like to see more emphasis on information exchanges for students, faculty, and staff.
Thank you.

]]> By: Mike Roy http://midd-blog.com/2009/07/28/the-look-of-middlebury/#comment-2715 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:51:22 +0000 http://midd-blog.com/?p=3001#comment-2715 If you can bear to use the makeover website to record your comments, I hope you will, since it will be much easier and more productive if everyone focuses their energy on a single spot, rather than having multiple conversations taking place at the same time in multiple locations.

The comments on the design are collecting at

http://tinyurl.com/middmakeovercomments

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