Jul092007

Design #9

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Here is the new design. There is not much to say right now but I will probably update this post later.

The header photo is this one of a parking garage somewhere a few miles south of downtown Seattle. Hopefully I’ll rotate out the header image when I take more interesting photos that work in a wide format.

I must warn you, I have not tested this on a PC at all. All I’ve tested in is Firefox for Mac and Safari 2.x for Mac. If crazy shit starts happening, rest assured that I’ll fix it over the course of this week.

I’ve turned off comments on all the old posts to stop the spam.

P.S. I nicknamed this design “bird machine”.

Update

Ok so based on the feedback, I’ve tweaked the styles to display a bit better in Windows and in Internet Explorer. Things to do with font metrics, default spacing differences, PNG transparency and poltergeists. Should be fine for people unless they are using Internet Explorer 6. It’s probably time to upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 or use Firefox.

Generally a pretty darn positive response which proves once and for all that the previous design was rubbish. I knew it deep down but I was in denial and also I wanted Fubar to be wrong because he’s a loser.

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14 comments »

Mike

I love this design! I’m not just saying that to suck upto you so you’ll fix my computer either Jack! Really easy on the eyes, and so far I haven’t had any problems being on a PC and Firefox, links work etc. :-)
Dennis

Wow.. holy crap.. I thought I mistyped the url for a second.

Looks fantastic!

Is the rubber ducky a refererence to ze frank by any chance? :)

BTW, the photos in the main content section overlap the right-hand sidebar a little.
Jack

Thanks guise!

Dennis: if you’re seeing overlap then you’re probably one of the few people in the world with your default font size set to something lower than 16. I’ve fixed it now by having the image cropped if it gets too big. You can view this site at a larger font size by just hitting Ctrl and +

The rubber ducky is and isn’t a Ze Frank reference. But yeah I guess he really owns that meme.
karan

hmm, interesting, interesting… a change for sure. I’m not a big fan of light-on-dark no matter how readable it’s supposed to be…

Pedantic Usability Point – when I click on the header, on a link that looks like it’s going to take me “home”, both in the status bar and the tooltip, I don’t expect/necessarily want the little slide-down menu =/
Jack

Too bad! It’s going to continue doing that! :D

Man this site looks great on Safari 3 for Windows. I am pretty smart after all.

Besides, weren’t you using the dark Hemingway theme for the longest time?
karan

yeah, on my alterna-blog, but that was mainly to differentiate from my main one which was light hemmingway. I’ve learnt the error of my ways.

Also, sexier on Mac, I must say.
addy

melikey! especially the photos at the bottom. especially the header. especially the white on black. especially…well…you get the gist.

my only problem is with the birds. too many birds for my liking.

huggles. :(
Lachlan

Dood, this is up there with your best designs ever! Fantastic stuff :)

The photos at the bottom, the header and the little menu are really nice.

Doesn’t look bad in IE6 either, which is what I’m using right now unfortunately.
Jack

Thanks guys.

Btw addy, if you type huggles it shows up in pink. Just for you :D
AkaiChou

Oh look! A Honda CR-V!

I like the duckies. Don’t listen to Addy. She not important. huggles!!!
andrew

For the eight time, i hate pink on black
Jack

…and I hate the way you type.

Let’s embrace our shortcomings and put all our efforts into self-improvement! I foresee good energy ahead!
AkaiChou

Hey what happened to the hidden lol cats?
Jack

They went on vacation. They said it was Caturday and they had to leave.

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