Re: What do you think?

Maybe some of the newer and younger members of zaadz are not familiar with the sponsors currently in the side bar of each page now, but lots of us already know about them and/or have had interactions with them in some way.  I think it would be better to place the ads below the content on pages, and it would be ok to have a prominant link to the sponsors near the top of the web page.  I'd like it better if each sponsor had a short description and testimonials with them by MEMBERS of zaadz.  Otherwise they just look like corporations trying to be “cool”.

Think about how members who use assistive technology and those who have some disabilities view the pages.  There is too much distraction now!  Plain is good.  Look to some of the clean design features in other sites like flickr.com.  I left most of my 8 years' activity on care2.com because of all the clutter and the incessant “alerts” sent out by sponsors and waaay too many newsletters.  There were always “nags” that made me feel terrible that I could not spend time and money resources on so very many “good causes”.  Simple is good and less is more.  I hope the staff will consider carefully the direction to head in as growth may become even more a priority.