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Authored by: LoadStar on May 28, '06 11:09:36PM

Yeah, I've gotta say, I'm not just in the "hate it" camp - I'm in the "really, really, REALLY hate it" camp.

I mean, the colors seem just randomly picked. There's the various shades of blue that were inherited from the old site. Those work. Then there's grey, which works pretty well with blues. But then you have peach and lemon yellow, which don't work at ALL with blues, and then maroon colored text in the peach area. It's like a "technicolor yawn" as my co-worker refers to... well, never mind.

Then, there's the sea of white. Lots of white space works well on print. Not so much on the computer screen, because it just makes the whole site "glow" and become rather hard to read. Additionally, at first I thought that I had accidentally ad-blocked a background image or something... the site looks almost half-finished with all the white.

The layout of the site is fine. The colors, though... dude, you've gotta get someone with a good sense for compatible colors to help you out. :(



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Authored by: robg on May 29, '06 04:52:39AM

Themes are coming, and I predicted a vocal group would really hate the design. Seemingly, though, the majority have found it more pleasing than the old, so I'm happy with the design. And I can only assume you have similar feelings for all the major Mac sites, since they basically share a similar design -- white area with text on the left, block of stuff on the right with a different color background. And they have (gasp!) a similar amount of whitespace, so I don't think i'm out in the open on this look.

As for the colors in the header, I didn't want to use an "all blue" layout up there, as then the header vanishes. At one point, I had a much more subtle toolbar below the logo. When I did, I would routinely get "I don't see where to submit a hint or get to the search page," etc. emails. Hence the yellowish tone and red text for the key areas of the site.

If you care enough to complain, and have a wonderful sense of design, by all means feel free to send me a JPEG of your proposed replacement -- I've admitted that I'm not a designer since the day I launched the site. I welcome input, but any time I've asked a critic for a better look, it seems I never receive any alternatives.

regards;
-rob.



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