I'm fairly pleased with what I see on WhoDiscoveredIt.com. Background pattern and background images of block titles, header graphic, RSS graphic, font style, comment form and button styles all conspire to make for a really elegant look. The header graphic showing a man peaking behind the site, at least in my imagination, almost suggests a "discovery" of something on the other side of one from which that guy is looking, perhaps a discovery of this very site. :)

I also like how visited links are visibly marked.

Only the header title remains distinct from the elegance of the site in that it is really just a big plain text. Other issues are also fairly minor. The footer links to XHTML and CSS validation, but there are a couple of XHTML errors preventing it from validating which is so close it might actually be worth fixing. And finally ads on some articles might be a little too much, that is, shorter articles with less content get a bit cornered by the two square ads.

I would also like to observe that the area containing the "home" link might be large enough to fit all category links as a horizontal main menu, so the categories don't have to display in the sidebar while this area of the header might look a little more complete. It actually seems made for a menu with more than just a home link.

Other than that, it's hard to find further faults with the site's design or make any more significant suggestions. Whether it's a theme or a unique design it's a pretty good work.

Design Rating: 9/10

Focus:

As a site called "Who Discovered It" and all article titles starting with "who discovered" determining the purpose of the site is no guesswork. It's of course, obvious and there's hardly anything else that needs saying here. Maybe there could be an about page to make further connection to the user, but it isn't a real necessity in this respect.

Focus Rating: 10/10

Content:

WhoDiscoveredIt.com apparently covers many different kinds of discoveries involving medicine, archeology, astronomy, physics and so on. In answering the question of who discovered it the site also provides further information about the object of discovery such as how was it discovered, what was its significance and history and so on. Nevertheless the articles are brief enough to keep the attention of an interested reader easily and split into subsections for easier digesting. There is nearly 100 articles available.

Content Rating: 10/10