comMUNITYThe website for The Land Around the Lake . .
comMUNITYChicagoland Community Web Sites Rating
Ratings are based on a scale of 1-5 (1 being the worst, 5 being the best).
| Name of the Community | Comments | Rating Feb 99 |
Rating Oct 99 |
| Addison | Navigation takes some getting used to, but a lot of good content. Neat Homeowner's Guide. | 4 | 4 |
| Algonquin | A lot of valuable & current information. The logo in the background on the front page is too large and dark . It makes it difficult to read the info. | 2 | 3 |
| Barrington | Very plain, good information but slow loading. | 3 | 3 |
| Bartlett | Very nicely done, loads quickly, great graphic on frontpage, looks good, great imagemap | 5 | 5 |
| Bloomingdale | Good information, slow loading. | 3 | 3 |
| Buffalo Grove | Looks nice, loads quick, not updated as often as it should be, tacky graphics | 4 | 4 |
| Carol Stream | Great graphics, very long frontpage, well thought up, too much unused space on the frontpage | 4 | 4 |
| Crystal Lake | Under Construction | 5 | -- |
| Deerfield | Effective frontpage, a little generic, good use of graphics. | 4 | 3 |
| Des Plaines | This site has not been updated since 8/1/96. Takes too long to load. | 3 | 1 |
| Downers Grove | Very effective frontpage format!! Loads fast too!! |
4 | 5 |
| Elgin | Tons of information, tacky site, generic graphics, long frontpage that takes forever to load | 3 | 2 |
| Elk Grove Village | Great Improvements!!! Cool mouseover on navigation buttons. Loads quickly. | 2 | 4 |
| Elmhurst Park District | Nice imagemap, nice graphics, quick to load frontpage, lots of good info | 4 | 4 |
| Fox River Grove | Content is current but would definitely replace the clock and rotating banner on the front page. | 3 | 3 |
| Glen Dale Heights | Ineffective usage of frames, tacky, generic, lots of information but difficult to read. Broken images. | 2 | 2 |
| Glen Ellyn | Good looking frontpage, very effective site. | 4 | 5 |
| Grayslake | Good use of frames, nice looking site, lots of information, loads quickly. | 4 | 4 |
| Gurnee | Effective frontpage, a bit generic but overall nice looking, long frontpage. Loads quickly. | 4 | 4 |
| Hoffman Estates | Good use of frames. Looks professional and clean. Content is current. Site loads quickly | 3 | 5 |
| Lake in the Hills | Good use of frames. Neat image map on front page. But, need to change the title on the frame index because all pages are coming up titled "Frame Master". Opps!! | 3 | 3.5 |
| Lake Zurich | Needs help with look and feel. However, they have the grasp for content. Slow loading. | 3 | 3 |
| Libertyville | Good looking frontpage, lots of graphics, nice navigation bar, good idea with the map. Loads quickly. | 3 | 4 |
| Lisle | New URL. The 'Breaking News' on the front page is a good idea, it just doesn't come across as 'working properly'. Takes too long to move from one area to another. | 2 | 3 |
| Lombard | Get rid of the cookies!!!
Tried to set the same cookie 35 times before allowing me to even see the front page. Went to the next page and it started all over again. LEFT without viewing any more. |
5 | 1 |
| Long Grove | To slow to rate. | 2 | -- |
| Mount Prospect | New URL. Lousy navigation. Slow loading | 3 | 2 |
| Mundelien | Very generic frontpage and poor navigation. | 3 | 2 |
| Naperville | Found another cookie user. However, only had to cancel twice. Good layout and navigation. | 4 1/2 | 4 1/2 |
| Palatine | Ineffective framing. Click on any navigation link and page loads into a new browser window???? Isn't it supposed to load into the frame??? |
4 | 1 |
| Park Ridge | Very bland frontpage, good use of tableling, lots of information | 3 | 3 |
| Roselle | Too slow!! Navigation tools could be a lot better. | 5 | 3 |
| Schaumburg | Good looking frontpage and very effective use of frames. | 4 | 4 |
| Streamwood | Very ugly site, not a lot of information. Has had under contruction sign since June 98. | 2 | 1 |
| Vernon Hills | Asked to set one cookie, one time. Cool navigation tools. Loads quickly. | 4 | 5 |
| Wheeling | Nice looking frontpage yet the graphic takes forever to load, lots of information | 3 | 3 |
| Villa Park | Could be a lot better. | 1 | 1 |