The Dancik International (nee Dancik-On-Disk) Web site was designed in 1999 as a stepping stone between an out-dated design and new concepts in Web design. The previous version had a dark green circuit board background and white, left-justified text across the entirety of the browser. It was "very 1995." I knew that the site was politically contentious but Dancik needed to build a real Web presence, one that included a customers-only extranet, dynamic content, and a bright, clean interface. The page below is what we created together.
The page was straight-forward, quick to load, had a simple but modern design, and pushed Dancik to the next level. We connected the site to our Lotus databases and allowed customers to see the status of their trouble calls, as well as register for seminars and request books.
Once there, we began to design what was to become Dancik's ultimate site: low graphics, designer colors, cutting-edge information design and usability, as well as new content, new architecture, and a new logo.
But it wasn't to be. I left the firm before implementation began. Since then, they moved to a Flash-based design, then to a more cumbersome table-layout design.