Comments on: Redesign Thoughts

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:09:33 +0000

I agree with the notion that the faux-paper is really, really bad. It gets in the way of the words, which is a damning criticism.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:24:26 +0000

Brutal, stylish only in the eyes of people who confuse glitter for gold.

The current design is good enough.

By: KJ

KJ — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:33:40 +0000

I guess I’m the only one who likes it. I used to like the simple look, but it seems everybody is doing it these days. I think this new design is stylish.

By: Eric the .5b

Eric the .5b — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:22:28 +0000

I love how he said “no specific comments at this stage” and then everyone gave a bunch of specific, critical comments.

Does “Ick” suit you better?

By: Oy

Oy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:01:54 +0000

I love how he said “no specific comments at this stage” and then everyone gave a bunch of specific, critical comments.

By: Rue Des Quatre Vents

Rue Des Quatre Vents — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:50:55 +0000

Straight out of Pearl Jam’s Vitology.

By: catherine

catherine — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:44:13 +0000

the font is unreadable; i’d remove the line around the text box as well and make that column wider. the header and the title are cool.

By: LP

LP — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:45:46 +0000

How about this: make super-cool, interesting, faux-antique masthead, even creating new ones when the artistic impulse comes over you (a la Dooce), but keep the content clean. The beauty of the blog format is that it enables readers to assimilate your thoughts quickly by following fairly standard formatting conventions and using sans-serif fonts (easier to read on a screen).

On the other hand, probably almost everyone reads you by RSS anyway, but a difficult-to-read blog format risks alienating first-time visitors who are insufficiently patient.

By: tde

tde — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:44:26 +0000

Ugh – horrible.

Current design would be fine without the dotted line.

I come for the words. Not frilly, eccentric pseudo-retro nonsense.

By: Amber

Amber — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:23:52 +0000

Everything about it is too hard to read. Different fonts, please, and make the navigation links more straightforward (“Older” & “Newer”). The graphics are okay. Good title.