Screaming red-and-white "Hello, my name is Bob" rounded labels everywhere are really distracting, drawing attention away from the actual content
Navigation tools on the left, top and right sides are just too much
Big drop-shadowed fake-3D buttons
Excessive use of bold
Oodles of empty/wasted space (entire top of page, between bullet points in lists)
Compare to eg. http://www.photo.net/, where the site navigation functionality is packed into a small but highly functional toolbar up top; Wikitravel, where there's a really thin bar up top and a bulkier one on the left; or http://www.linkedin.com/, where the navigation is up top and random blah-blah boxes (with faint pastel outlines, not strong primary colors) are on the right.
jani
Where to start.
Where to start...
Compare to eg. http://www.photo.net/, where the site navigation functionality is packed into a small but highly functional toolbar up top; Wikitravel, where there's a really thin bar up top and a bulkier one on the left; or http://www.linkedin.com/, where the navigation is up top and random blah-blah boxes (with faint pastel outlines, not strong primary colors) are on the right.