What Sucks and What Doesn't Suck

The Bad:

 I don't know about you but I think this web design for wateronwheels.com sucks! Why??
    1) Use of space
         a) The buttons on the side are hard to read because it's insanely small compared to the whole      
             page, plus since there's more space than buttons you could make the buttons fatter and longer!
        b) The open blue space is SO AWKWARD between the buttons and the actual material on the
            page that says "Welcome."
    2) The colors
         a) The buttons: Brown could be a good use of color but against the bright neon-y blue it just
             doesn't work; the page needs colors that contrast very well together
         b) The neon blue shouldn't be the color used---I mean if you want to give your audience a
             headache after awhile it's perfect but if you want an audience to actually read your page you
             should pick a more neutral color that's easier to look at!
         c) The writing itself: the way the Welcome page lettering doesn't contrast well--The darker
             neon-y blue just makes it hard to read "Welcome" against the lighter neon-y blue. The
             evergreen is a little bit better with the whole contrast thing but still it just doesn't match the
             theme colors. The page needs to look neat and well thought out and together and this just
             looks like everything was just slapped together.
    3) NO theme: A good web page is well thought out and goes together. Everything is there for a
        purpose, the space is used to its best ability and pictures are in HD quality not some bad
        pixelated one.

The Good:

This is the web page from Sensual Chocolate is made perfectly! Why??

1) Themed: Everything goes together in the page. The use of the chocolate brown color makes a wonderful template for the whole page and makes the chocolate itself pop out a lot; the chocolate is a darker brown than the lighter brown used for writing. Also all the writing isn't in the same color, text font or size so it makes things interesting.

2) Use of space: The boxes all fit together marvelously. I like how it fits like a lock and key. Very good for the eyes. 

3) The biggest pictures are of the chocolates themselves which really emphasizes their product.

4) The border. I just love it. It goes with the brown color palate theme and it makes a great place to put the navigation where it's noticeable but isn't so overpowering that you don't read what's on the page.

This page is awesome because it gets you to read and know everything they want you to know in a quick amount of time which is . . . 1) They sell chocolates 2) Here's all the chocolates they make . . . 3) Their product is awesome because it's "made in hand"