Thought I'd just air some thoughts about how to improve the forums here.
For starters, I am keen to vote on the DesignContest postcard, but where the hell do you go to vote? There was no link in the email sent out to me, nor is there a link on the admin page. I tried searching for it and couldn't find it. Do us all a favour and post links to the thing - I think you will get a lot more votes!
Next, I would like to point out that I actually get PAID MORE for doing less work than what I do on here. Hence, I haven't posted anything for a long long time. What do I suggest? That picky people who want you to revamp your design more than say 3 edits, should pay extra for the winning fee. I don't see why I should do 20 edits when the original edit was complimented and said to 'be ok' by the competition boss. I don't expect to win, or to have a brilliant first edit design. But surely if I am wasting my time, I won't be led on to waste it further, especially if my design isn't quite it...I would rather be told so...after all, time is money!
Another gripe I have is that this website is waaay to slow to load. No wonder I don't visit much anymore - I have to wait 30 secs per page to load, and I am on broadband! Clean it up, I say, reduce the jpg qualities to min amounts, save them all individually and optimised and it should help. If you want help with this, you can visit me at: Short & Sweet Web Design
Lastly, I notice you put a lot of the same names in the design gallery. Wouldn't it be a good idea to showcase more individual people so that you can view the diversity of the DesignContest community? Not just the top 5 people? I know I would be more interested in looking at different people's designs.
