Okay, I fixed the problem. Here it is (click on the image):

It doesn’t work quite right in Internet Explorer, so I recommend using Firefox. (Keep in mind that these are just mockups and that the real thing will of course support IE.) The colors will change. I’ll have other mockups soon (of the pedigree page, the research page, and a couple others). There’ll be more information on the dashboard, I think. We’ll see.

Thoughts on making mockups of interfaces: it’s really, really tempting to fine-tune everything at this point, especially since I do a lot of graphic design on the side. I want it to be beautiful. But that’s not the point of the mockups — it’s more about getting the flavor, the general idea, not the specifics. It makes sense, too. Why would you want to spend a lot of time tweaking something you’re going to end up throwing away? The point of making these mockups is to see what’s necessary and what isn’t, and some of what appears will almost certainly get thrown out. That’s why I’m not going to worry about getting these mockups to work in Internet Explorer — that can wait till the end.

It’s exhilarating to see it start to come to life. :)

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