Staff

Name: Anna (Z)
Alias: Sakimo or Anna, although I'm known distinctly as Sakimo
Screen Resolution:1024x768 (I will test your site out in 800x600 resolution and higher as well.)
Operating System: Windows 2000, I also have Windows XP but I will absolutely not use it unless I must.
Browsers: The browser I normally use for all occasions is Opera 9.23. I also have Mozilla Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 6, which I will test your site in as well.

About Me: I have about 2 years of designing experience although I have roughly 2.5 years of coding knowledge. When I review, I don't focus on your coding since the purpose of Thursday is to provide you with how I think the "outer" shell of your site looks. If your coding gets your site to look good in all of my browsers, I won't complain about it. I don't consider myself a good coder, an average coder at best. However, I can get my layouts to work in different browsers, it's certainly not impossible. Because of the fact that I don't think my coding skills are sufficient enough to give out coding advice and critique, I'm not going to do it, so don't expect an in depth analysis of your coding.

I absolutely detest splash pages unless they are truly necessary for your site, or if it looks spectacular in its presentation. I also detest huge headers that take up my entire screen, and if I need to side scroll or scroll down to get to your content, that will bother me even more. Loading time is also very important for me. If your site takes forever to load, I will definitely be tempted to click the "X" button in the upper right hand corner of the screen, which is what I usually do for sites that load slow. (Of course, if that's a problem for when I review you, I'll live with it.) Aside from the splash pages and huge headers, I also can't stand blinding layouts. I refer to many things as blinding. From layouts with bright colors, clashing color combinations, or something that is plain ugly. I love strange color combinations, but if they don't compliment each other and the result is something that not only is blinding, but uglyas well, I'll definitely let you know about it.

Presentation of one's site is also very important to me. If I find that you swear all the time or have typos all over your site, it will turn me off. English is NOT my first language but if I can manage, so can you. I'll definitely take it into consideration, but if you don't know how to spell a word properly, why use it without looking it up first? I'm sure if you take the time to reread the content that you write out, you'll definitely be able to catch simple, careless mistakes. There are certain common typos that bother me more than others. One of the major ones is "alot." You should drill it into your brain that "alot" is actually two seperate words.

I'm a picky person and there are many things that bother me, the above are just some of the major few. I might be picky, but I'm not judgmental, nor am I mean, so don't be afraid to apply for a review!

Apply for Staff

I'm currently looking for one to two dedicated people that are willing to help me complete my review requests. You MUST have a good grasp on english, and be able to deliver to the point, and detailed reviews. If you are interested, please email me at: thursday.laeyn@gmail.com with the following information:

- Your Name or Alias
- You Contact Information
- Your URL (If Available)
- Whether or not you have any reviewing experience
- A full length sample review of Thursday
- Any additional information that you think is important for me to know

I will get back to you within three days, whether or not you are accepted. Apply away!

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