16 Oct
2014
16 Oct
'14
1:49 a.m.
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Meh,
A lot of knee jerk reactions in the thread which is sad. One purpose of
setting a dark (no not a flashing GIF as lisi slippery-sloped me into
earlier) is to give the page more of a "piece of paper" feeling. With a
darker background, a crazy wide monitor the site focuses the user on the
contents of the page, and on a narrower monitor it will just barely show
up, or not at all.
Personally I don't see a problem; I asked for opinions and got them, a
wide range of them but all favorable towards the new design. Now we're
just hashing out how best to handle a > 2000 pixel corner case.
I wasn't fully paying attention in my last couple of replies (long day
here), so sorry for swinging one direction and then another so suddenly.
About a year ago I developed a queryable database for
biologists, and I
used this method, a fixed width, and a clear 'page' to it. I think it
looks
good, is extremely functional, and isn't full any modern design
http://pogo.ece.drexel.edu/about.php
Hey, that page looks somewhat familiar! I don't know if a similar visual
"de-accentuation" would help or hinder the current site though; I am
leaning toward the latter but not sure.
In any case I think the more pressing concern is fixing the news article
segmentation; it could use some work. This is best done on the dev site
so as not to disturb production until the design is finalized.
Tim
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