comments for "New or Recycled?" by Michael

Michael-

I'm still in awe on how far the design of your site has evolved from its initial stages!

Navigation/Organization: I love the organization of your site--how you incorporated different ways to navigate through the lexias, with the navigational bar on the side and the links w/in the text. They seem to complement eachother-one is good for the type of person who needs some kind of linear organization, and the other for the type of person who doesn't mind the nature of hypertext (in that you are able to jump around from screen to screen). I'm kind of embarrased to say that it took me several visits to realize that the green and blue (non-underlined) links are activated by the rolling-over of the mouse. (I kept thinking...did I accidentally click the mouse? That's certain evidence that I'm an "old dog"!) I also like how you incorporated the definitions with the red links--it cuts out on the time spent waiting for a new window to open.

Content: You provided a very deep analysis of Hermeticon in relation to the philosophy of the past (Bruno) and present (Hayles). You also discussed concepts I never would have came up with on my own, such as conning, consumerism, alchemy...etc. There was one part that I found a little confusing...on the "Fifthly" screen, you start off with, "The importance of this can be seen with a few kewstrokes." I was a little confused by what you mean by "this," is it the importance of the screen capture/what you captured in it? Or is it another concept you discussed in one of the previous screens?

All in all, besides what I mentioned above and a few spelling/grammar errors, I think you provided an excellent, insightful analysis of Hermeticon and covered topics an average net-surfer would not pick up on. I don't think what I said will spark any new ideas but I hope you feel very accomplished in a job well done!

-Kanani