Suddenly discontent
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at 10:26AM I blame Len for my discontent. A couple of weeks ago, Len commented, "you are a great blogger.. but this site looks terrible...But I love you anyway man!"
I have to admit the first thing I did was go to Len's site to see how it looked.
I was aware that the site needed to be freshened up, and I'm sometimes shocked by how it looks in other browsers, but I wasn't that unhappy until Len's comment. Funny how you can be happy with something one day and very discontent the next.
All that to say that a redesign is in the works somewhere in the future. I want to clean it up and lay it out with standards-compliant XHTML/CSS instead of tables. I always find all the browser quirks frustrating when it comes to CSS design.
I've asked for a couple of quotes for redesign, and the quotes are all fair, but I am still thinking of tackling it on my own. So, I might poke away at it over time.
Thanks a lot, Len. ;)
Reader Comments (5)
If it makes you feel any better, I like your design. Simple, clear. My only qualm: the font-size on the "posted by Darryl, 8:58am, Comments..." line. Otherwise, I like it.
I had Rachel tidy up BDBO and I'm really glad I did. Please don't get too geeky Darryl, to he honest there are some blogs now that are so geeky and so technically current they are as much a mess to read as ones plastered with ads and looking like something 1999 spit back out. Get Charlene's input - between the two of you, I think whatever you wind up with will be readable, functional and user friendly - at the end of the day design and function isn't about the blogger it's for the reader, right!?
Marc: Thanks. I may think about that - using this design and laying it out in CSS and cleaning it up a bit. Bene: Don't worry, I'm a minimalist in web design. It has to be clean and simple.
As Rafike would say, "Yah, change is good".. but I am too busy repenting in dust and ashes for subsidizing your discontent ;)
:^) Not worried - minimalist is good.