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website readability/appearance
corvid
2012-10-09 03:15:33 UTC
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Back in February, I was playing around with the website appearance
a bit. Today I happened upon that file again, and I still rather like
the look of it.

http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.html

Any thoughts?


PS I wonder about the anybrowser gif in the sidebar. It screams 1996 to me.
Jorge Arellano Cid
2012-10-10 14:58:27 UTC
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Post by corvid
Back in February, I was playing around with the website appearance
a bit. Today I happened upon that file again, and I still rather like
the look of it.
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.html
Any thoughts?
IIRC your problem with the current color scheme was fuzzy contrast
on your monitor. A technical issue, similar OTOH to high contrast
headaches.

AFAIR long ago people preferred the current scheme over presented
alternatives, despite the low contrast issue being acknowledged. I
assume a trade off for aesthetics.

As aesthetics is a matter of personal taste, I've prepared a couple
of alternatives with better contrast palette:

http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp1.html
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp2.html

I like both over "dillo2.html".

I like tmp1 for its lively colors (though "waterish"), and also
like tmp2 for its more integrated "airish" palette (a bit "serious" too).
Post by corvid
PS I wonder about the anybrowser gif in the sidebar. It screams 1996 to me.
It can be replaced with something better.
--
Cheers
Jorge.-
corvid
2012-10-10 16:49:38 UTC
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Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
IIRC your problem with the current color scheme was fuzzy contrast
on your monitor. A technical issue, similar OTOH to high contrast
headaches.
Everything appears okay on my current one. The one that I had a few years
ago had grown dim and reddish.
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
AFAIR long ago people preferred the current scheme over presented
alternatives, despite the low contrast issue being acknowledged. I
assume a trade off for aesthetics.
Part of it is that I would look around to see what people were saying
about dillo, and there would be comments that the dillo developers must
be colorblind. And part of it is that, after changing monitors, I
particularly haven't liked the purple.
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
As aesthetics is a matter of personal taste, I've prepared a couple
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp1.html
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp2.html
I like both over "dillo2.html".
I like tmp1 for its lively colors (though "waterish"), and also
like tmp2 for its more integrated "airish" palette (a bit "serious" too).
I looked around the web a little bit at the time with firefox to see what
the style of the day is, and there seemed to be a lot of whites and pale
grays and pale blues.
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
Post by corvid
PS I wonder about the anybrowser gif in the sidebar. It screams 1996 to me.
It can be replaced with something better.
Let's see... A couple that appeal to me are:

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Rogutės Sparnuotos
2012-10-10 17:47:18 UTC
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Post by corvid
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
IIRC your problem with the current color scheme was fuzzy contrast
on your monitor. A technical issue, similar OTOH to high contrast
headaches.
Everything appears okay on my current one. The one that I had a few years
ago had grown dim and reddish.
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
AFAIR long ago people preferred the current scheme over presented
alternatives, despite the low contrast issue being acknowledged. I
assume a trade off for aesthetics.
Part of it is that I would look around to see what people were saying
about dillo, and there would be comments that the dillo developers must
be colorblind. And part of it is that, after changing monitors, I
particularly haven't liked the purple.
dillo.org colors look very bad to me. The white text on blueish background
would be ok, but the background for headings and the gray color for links
makes it all unbearable to my taste.

I find the colors of corvid's version ok, but the whole visual appearance
looks dated.

I am merely a bystander and my intention is to express my opinion, not
criticism.

-- Rogutės
Jorge Arellano Cid
2012-10-10 18:08:13 UTC
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Post by Rogutės Sparnuotos
Post by corvid
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
IIRC your problem with the current color scheme was fuzzy contrast
on your monitor. A technical issue, similar OTOH to high contrast
headaches.
Everything appears okay on my current one. The one that I had a few years
ago had grown dim and reddish.
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
AFAIR long ago people preferred the current scheme over presented
alternatives, despite the low contrast issue being acknowledged. I
assume a trade off for aesthetics.
Part of it is that I would look around to see what people were saying
about dillo, and there would be comments that the dillo developers must
be colorblind. And part of it is that, after changing monitors, I
particularly haven't liked the purple.
dillo.org colors look very bad to me. The white text on blueish background
would be ok, but the background for headings and the gray color for links
makes it all unbearable to my taste.
I find the colors of corvid's version ok, but the whole visual appearance
looks dated.
I am merely a bystander and my intention is to express my opinion, not
criticism.
What do you think of the 3 alternatives presented?
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Cheers
Jorge.-
corvid
2012-10-10 22:17:50 UTC
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Post by Rogutės Sparnuotos
I find the colors of corvid's version ok, but the whole visual appearance
looks dated.
Do you have any thoughts on what a more contemporary appearance consists of?
Jorge Arellano Cid
2012-10-10 18:07:31 UTC
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Post by corvid
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
[...]
As aesthetics is a matter of personal taste, I've prepared a couple
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp1.html
http://www.dillo.org/test/dillo2.tmp2.html
I like both over "dillo2.html".
I like tmp1 for its lively colors (though "waterish"), and also
like tmp2 for its more integrated "airish" palette (a bit "serious" too).
I looked around the web a little bit at the time with firefox to see what
the style of the day is, and there seemed to be a lot of whites and pale
grays and pale blues.
What do you think of tmp1 and tmp2?
Post by corvid
Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
Post by corvid
PS I wonder about the anybrowser gif in the sidebar. It screams 1996 to me.
It can be replaced with something better.
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/bvgraphics/anyb02.png
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/bvgraphics/abblue.gif
Yes, both look much better.
--
Cheers
Jorge.-
corvid
2012-10-10 22:23:24 UTC
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Post by Jorge Arellano Cid
What do you think of tmp1 and tmp2?
The first one makes me think "for children" somehow.

With the second one, I like the gray but not so much the purple...
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