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Nice and clean
Authored by: mingking on Feb 10, '03 05:05:19AM

I like the smaller header section at the top. The old format uses about 25% of the page on my 17\" screen for the top header section. I don\'t like sites where too much of the top of the page is used up for big logos or site links forcing one to scroll down immediately to get to the daily meat.

The look is clean and I generally like it. Like others have said, change in and of itself is nice every once in a while.

The embossed boxes are nice. I like a a sense of depth in a page, especially in the Aqua world. I\'m not too sure about the background behind the boxes though - hard edged on three sides and a fade on the right that doesn't really have any depth to it. It makes the overall sense of depth confusing. Similarly, the main content and the rest of the page, though I like the simplicity of it all, might benefit from a slight bit of drop shadowing or something to help define a consistent sense of depth and \'lighting\' for the whole page.

I would prefer the main content on the left side and the column of extra boxes and stuff on the right. The main content is the main focus, especially for a daily reader like myself. One starts reading from the left. That should be the first thing that you want to read. The extra boxes and stuff are only used secondarily when you are looking to do some specific task other than reading the latest hints.

The User Area box could be lower in the column. I realize you want to keep the Support box prominent ;-), so that could be at the top. Or second after the What\'s New box (maybe smaller with fewer items? Each item almost always wraps to 2 lines, making them hard to read and taking up twice the space) with the User Area below that. One hardly ever needs to use the User Area links, so they could even be at the bottom (at least for those that are already signed in). Or a one line link to all that stuff could be made to go to a separate page.

The comment reply page - does it have to be a minor variation of the main page? I don\'t know the limits of geeklog. It seems there is no need to have most of the ancillary boxes of the main page on that page. If you are posting a comment you are not going to want to go look at some other hint or vote in a poll. The page should be dedicated to submitting a comment. A larger text box for the comments would be better - it is currently narrower than the old format. Unless you are trying to discourage large comments (like this one ;-). Can you put the original comment or the one being replied to on the page for reference? What about a dedicated pop-up window like is done for Moveable Type blog site comments? That way you could have the original hint page still open in the background for reference. Sorry, just 'thinking out loud' here...

Does geeklog allow for editing after posting? I almost always find a typo in my comments after posting, even after previewing ;-(

Does geeklog support setting a user time zone based time display?

I don\'t really mean to be picking harshly on your site and all your obvious hard work though. Whatever you choose is fine. The quality of the content is what\'s most important, and I think you're doing a great job of that. Keep up the good work Rob! Your site is hugely valuable to many people like myself. I refer people to your site for help all the time. Thanks!



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