No complaints on the gray (although I also had no complaints on the white. I do think the silver on the a:hover should be changed (silver on gray is rough).
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
i'll take a look into that, thanks
Bradford Pilcher
· 11 months ago
I'm a big fan of the light gray. Stark white with black copy can get to be very tiring on the eyes after a while, so kudos to that tweak.
I really want to speak to your comment about the headlines. They absolutely get lost and it absolutely is a hierarchy issue. The font size on them is too small. As I scroll down, it's virtually impossible for me to quickly and easily see where a post ends and a new one (old one?) begins. If the type was larger, or if there was a simple dividing line, this could be easily corrected.
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
I was going to fix the headlines over the weekend but since I had a css expert beside me, I asked him to help me. Hopefully the confusion is now over...
Bradford Pilcher
· 11 months ago
I think you've made a real improvement here. Simple tweak, but it helps divide the posts much better. Much appreciated.
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
great to hear
Joe Clark
· 11 months ago
Styling an H2 was troublesom, Michael? Now, really.
I wouldn’t use orange on grey, and the ALL CAPS SIDEBAR LINKS are a bit de trop.
I trust your print CSS uses only black markings of all kinds, with no background colo(u)r.
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
more like out of practice or something like that Joe...
the sidebar should be ignored, there's a lot of hurt going on there that needs to be fixed.
Erin Sparling
· 11 months ago
If you ever come across a page with an offending inverted color scheme again, you can use the OS X universal access key command to invert your entire screen in real-time. Cmd-opt-ctrl-8 will do it.
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
THANK YOU! what a great tip...
Greg J. Smith
· 11 months ago
Looks sharp!
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
thanks greg, there's still a couple things that i want to overhaul but i feel a lot better now... i've been ignoring the design of designNotes for other projects but it's time to make this site work they way i want it to.
Callie
· 11 months ago
Well, I'm not crazy about the gray, but I do like those yellow header bars. Those are lovely.
michaelsurtees
· 11 months ago
the gray doesn't remind you of newsprint at all?
AG
· 10 months ago
I guess that's fair enough. As it happens, I don't read your site because it's far, far too image-heavy and takes an eternity to load. : . )
All Comments
I really want to speak to your comment about the headlines. They absolutely get lost and it absolutely is a hierarchy issue. The font size on them is too small. As I scroll down, it's virtually impossible for me to quickly and easily see where a post ends and a new one (old one?) begins. If the type was larger, or if there was a simple dividing line, this could be easily corrected.
I wouldn’t use orange on grey, and the ALL CAPS SIDEBAR LINKS are a bit de trop.
I trust your print CSS uses only black markings of all kinds, with no background colo(u)r.
the sidebar should be ignored, there's a lot of hurt going on there that needs to be fixed.