high qualifications for selection as a semi-finalist web site, less
than 5% of all site nominations score high enough to receive
this award. In fact, an award-winning site is of such significant
artistic value that a careful study of their designing is worthwhile
for new and old designers alike.
Your site has been evaluated by an exceptional team of fine and
computer artists, designers, and new media experts. And we are
pleased to offer our decoration for your web site. Attached to this
email is a special semi-finalist award graphic. We hope you will be
proud to accept this decoration that recognizes the special artistic
excellence of your web site.
Again, congratulations!
C R I T E R I A
Sites are evaluated in the following areas:
- + composition
- + focus
- + mechanics
- + creativity
- + other
The composition of a web site is evaluated in terms of in its
artistic quality, page layout and balance, and use of color.
These elements are essential for an eye-catching web site.
Do the pages delight the eye? Do the colors give a sense of
depth or dimension? Or do the colors help you focus on text
and artwork?
What is the focus of a particular web site? Is it focused well
or poorly? Is the message reinforced by the graphic design?
Is the text size easy to read? An evaluation of a web site's
focus considers the theme of both the content and artistic
style. Does the viewer feel lost or found? Another title for
this category could have been unity and form.
The mechanics of a web site are difficult to evaluate.
Basically, this category identifies possible factors for visual
irritation. Are the sites a pleasure to browse? Do they load
fast? Or do they reward you after they kept you waiting?
Does everything work smoothly? Has the site attracted
bugs? If the site were a ceiling fan, would it wobble?
Of course, we understand that the browser wars are
responsible for an incredible number of casualties in this
category. Therefore, we overlook problems that occur in
one browser and not another. For example, if it works in
Netscape Communicator 4.0, but has very minor problems
in Microsoft's IE 4.0, we will overlook a bug or two.
The last category is creativity. Does the web designer
exercise creativity, resourcefulness, ingenuity, and/or
simplicity. Is the writing good? Are the graphics original?
Are the graphics creatively placed on a web page? Are the
designers rummaging through the trash? In other words, are
they using downloads from one of the many giant trash
dumps of cheap free graphics and sprites?
There is no distinction between web sites that may be classified
elsewhere as either commercial or personal. On the Internet, all
web sites are equal. While it is true that there is really no distinction
between the value of a commercial or personal web site in terms
of its artistic value, we found that artistic sensibilities are reflected
differently by different cultures, different generations, and different
age groups. These are further considerations that are now apart of
our review methods.
H I S T O R Y
Since this site review was started in July 1996, the criteria for
the eye candy award has reflected the high standards,
exciting new possibilities, and real practicalities of web design.
To date, over 50,000 web sites have been reviewed by Eye
Candy WWW Site Reviews. About one in every 1000
nominations score high enough to receive this award. We
estimate that Eye Candy award-winning web sites rank in
top 1% of all sites on the world wide web.
The Eye Candy Award is sponsored by the Eye Candy
WWW Site Reviews, a web site review service founded by
Steve Deckert of Decware. He initiated this special review to
encourage artistic expression and further the development
of artistic possibilities in the world of new media. Under his
management, the review drew attention to the artistic talent
on the world wide web and offered recommendations to
thousands of web designers.
Judging Good Ink to be a solid example of the highest
design standards that Mr. Deckert had sought to identify in
his review, Mr. Deckert invited the Good Ink team in 1997
to assume the Eye Candy WWW Site Reviews. Good Ink
continues to be honored and pleased to make a valuable
contribution in encouraging the advancement of artistic
expression and exciting new artistic possibilities through the
Eye Candy WWW Site Reviews.
We hope you will enjoy visiting our new and growing list of
Eye Candy Award winners. 1996 and 1997 award winners and
semi-finalists continue to be featured and we encourage you to
visit these web sites identified for their outstanding artistic
presentations.
Respectfully,
Stan Faryna
G o o d i n k
Tel. 1.703.573.4703 Fax 1.703.573.2398
Hello:
Recently we enjoyed a very pleasant visit to your web site! It is with great pride that we announce that your web site is a WINNER of our esteemed Majon Web Select "SEAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD."
(As mentioned in the Wall Street Journal.)
Our award seal is trademarked and may be placed anywhere in your
web site, provided you place a link from the icon to:
http://www.majon.com
You may now proudly display the award icon on your web site along with the link to
Majon (Our showcase award is trademarked and requires the link to be legally valid for your web site.)
Congratulations,
The Web Select Team PS: Currently we are doing some major market television advertising! Also when you get triple linked your web site link goes in at the TOP of our lists! ----------------------------------------------------------
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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:44:50 +0000
From: "ibc@jerryeden.com" IBC
Organization: IBC@jerryeden.com
To: Steve Feld
Our committee has selected your Site as: 
"March's Site of the Month" for
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Congratulations!
Your site has been selected by Hit The Beach! 
as the Wave of the Day for
April 8, 1998.
Our URL is:
http://www.waveoftheday.com
Regards,
Subject: YOU WON THE PRIME NAVIGATOR SITE AWARD
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 16:23:47 +0100
From: Herwig Brunar
Organization: Junta de Turismo da Ericeira
Congratulations !
Your homepage meets definitivly the criterions
for a Prime Navigator Site.
You've been added to our winners list, which will be updated
periodically.
All we ask you is to visit our site, check out the beaches of Ericeira or do a little sightseeing in Mafra, then sign our guestbook (if you did not do so already) and last but not least go to our award page to download your copy of the Prime Navigator Site award.
Congratulations again and good luck for 1998,
Junta de Turismo da Ericeira
(Tourism Board of Ericeira) Herwig Brunar, Webmaster
http://www.cats.pt/er_ma
mailto:jtericeira@cats.pt
Casa de Cultura Jaime Lobo e Silva
P-2655 Ericeira, Portugal
(00351-61-63122)
Thank you for your visit and the opportunity to visit your site! Keep up the Great Work!
Angel & Fire
The Ark
"Take A Walk On The WILD Side" http://www.public.usit.net/angelfre/THEARK.HTML
Hi Steve
Your students and you have build a really fine site!
I have set a link to you at the Art Links page of the Art.)Watchers
Best Wishes
(PS: I am always happy about every link:) ............................. r.strasser@xtra-net.de The Art.)Watchers
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Thank you for taking time to be here.
Dear Steve
Congratulations to you, the students, and other ThinkQuest
coaches at John
F. Kennedy High School! Your site, Why Is the Mona Lisa
Smiling?, is the
recipient of the K-12 Internet Resource Directory's
1998/1999 Best Site
Award for creative use of technology to engage students in
learning by
promoting interactive learning and problem solving skills,
and for
providing informative online materials that enhance both
teaching and
learning in K-12 classrooms.
Again, congratulations on a great site! With all best wishes.
College of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
U.S.A. (803) 777-1215
Email: emiller@vnet.net
Home Page: http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/elizabeth.htm
Author: _The Internet Resource Directory for K-12 Teachers and Librarians_, published annually by Libraries Unlimited (800) 237-6124
K-12 Internet Directory Information, Updates, and Reviews:
http://www.lu.com/Internet_Resource_Directory
Why Is the Mona Lisa Smiling?
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Using art and the Internet, students are able to explore the mystery behind Mona Lisa's smile, and learn more about Leonardo da Vinci.
This project
was created collaboratively by students at John F. Kennedy
High School in
Bronx, New York, and students in Borlange, Sweden; it was a
semi-finalist
in the 1997 ThinkQuest Competition (*53). Why Is the Mona
Lisa Smiling?
has been added to the Microsoft Encarta Online collection of
lesson plans
(*44). By looking at a morphing online computer image of
Mona Lisa,
students are asked to critically think about a theory
proposing that the
image of Mona Lisa is actually that of da Vinci. Students
can listen to
original music composed by da Vinci while learning more
about the man and
his work. An interactive quiz and digital postcards promote
student
involvement. Links are provided to other related Internet
resources.
E-mail should be addressed to ThinkQuest Competition Head
Coach and
Computer Graphics Instructor,
Steve Feld (sjfeld@erols.com).
See also Da
Vinci's Inventor Homepage (*) and Exploring Leonardo (*).
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Fred Langa's Web Hot Spots 
Spyder's Empire Cool Site Award
Rakyat Top 10