Mission Statement
We are passionate about bringing our clients a unique combination of experience, creativity, and leading edge technology. Our reputation has been firmly built on our continued ability to provide businesses with solutions that meet their needs and that contribute to their greater success.

Who's Behind Reid Online
My name is Jeff Reid. Located in Oklahoma City, in the Heartland of America, my goal is to create professional, custom Web sites at a reasonable price for small businesses and entrepreneurs. My years of professional Web development experience include websites for a variety of clients: large corporations, small businesses, professional healthcare organizations, and non-profit groups.

I assist to create, design and code websites that are easy for your customer's to use, which also flow smoothly, load quickly, and are visually appealling, making sure that your information is clearly presented online and easy to find. Your site will be one you will point to with pride. I understand that you may be apprehensive about all the "technical" jargon that is associated with the Internet. It is our goal to understand your vision and turn that vision into a real and functional web presence.

With over 14 years of experience working in the Internet and New Media industry, designing and developing websites and Web-based applications for both consumers and businesses, my skill set is one of great diversity. I am formally trained in graphic and web design and have experience designing user interfaces for Web applications as well as integrating complex, browser-agnostic, front-end design. My responsibilities have also included user experience research, polling users and clients, and working with engineering teams to ensure the user experience was maintained during product development.

-:: My Design Philosophy:  
My design principles are simple. If I create a web site for you, I want the site to:

be fast loading

be simple to navigate

look good

attract and retain visitors

be as accessible as possible

meet your needs

"Things should be made as simple as possible - but no simpler" - Albert Einstein.

I believe in good web site design. I also believe that less is often more. Far too many sites are bloated with graphics, have terrible navigation, take ages to download and assume that visitors all have the latest plug-ins. I think that simple, fast and user-friendly sites will keep your user's attention and help your business to succeed on the web. As they suggest at one popular web site, as a simple test, try visiting a web site and holding your breath for as long as it takes the home page to load.

As web site designers we all love to try out new techniques and technologies. But that doesn't mean we should use them on all web sites that we design and produce. A sensible balance needs to be struck between the latest "all-singing, all-dancing" technology and the browsers in use by your site visitors. I try to design accessible web sites. I can make a web site as accessible as possible to all users without compromising the look and feel that you want. I create web sites customized to YOUR needs. From small to large sites, I can offer you a completely professional service. I encourage you to contact some of our previous clients and ask them about my services.

-:: Recommended Links:  
If you are interested in any aspect of web design, you may find these sites of interest:

Use.it.com - Jakob Nielsen has made it his personal mission in life to make web sites easier to use. Nielsen has consulted for many major companies telling them why their multimillion dollar web efforts are completely useless and scare people away. On the site you can read more than five years' worth of his very clearly written articles about the intricacies of site usability and design.

All Things Web - as they say in their own words, "A primary focus of All Things Web is the design and development of reader-friendly web pages". A hugely interesting and thought provoking site.

Art and the Zen of Web Sites - one huge article that looks at the whole philosophy of web design and how it differs from other media.

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