Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan's son View Post
Looks good Matt, and not surprisingly, with lots of historic information not typically found on retail sites.

A bit of feedback on the language of the selvage page, if I may?

The last line of text before the selvage photos says: " You can compare the quality of the selvages..."

I'm not sure that the photos really show the 'quality' of the selvages as they do the differences in selvages. And a complete novice may not be able to even see much difference without an accompanying photo by photo explanation of what they are looking at. The only one that appears significantly different to the untrained eye is the uneven line of the HOE traditional selvage. But, as we recently saw with Paulhenry's thread, Dalgleish can send out some pretty uneven material as well.

I'm not trying to be unnecessarily critical, my point is that, for novices, your layout may not be accomplishing what I assume you are attempting to accomplish. And for those who know the difference in selvages, it may be an unnecessary comparison. For what ever that's worth.

Respectfully,
Brooke
Thanks for this feedback, Brooke. I may have to revise the text on the comparison page. I'm fully aware that I may be entering the zone of "too much information" and potentially confusing people; there are simply some aspects of tartan and kilt wearing that, while I may find them fascinating, the average joe simply does not care about! However, I decided to delve into all this on my web site because, if anything, X Marks has shown me that there are a lot of discerning kilt wearers who appreciate all of this information, and really do care about things such as how the selvage of their tartan is woven.

Equally, there are those who have no idea what a selvage even is, and so may be confused by the fact that their kilt does not have a hem in it when they receive it!

So I decided to err on the side of more information. But I do want it to be clear and helpful information, so I will take your comments into consideration for possible revision. Thanks!