(Yet another website design...)

 

 

I am seeking constructive feedback. Thank you!

I think the font is too wide.

Also where can I read the rest of this article?

I think the font is too wide.

Also where can I read the rest of this article?

 

I am not sure what you mean. Is the justification not acceptable? Or is it the font choice?

 

The article can be read here: http://commaexcess.com/articles/6/vector-graphics-on-the-gpu

I'm not a big fan of justification for reading. I like the font; is that Verdana? This may just be personal preference, but I rather webpages to display text in a wider format. In this instance, if it covered all the yellow at the top that would be nice.

 

Do note that I have 0 experience in web design, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Your article did appeal to the programmer in me, however. Was a really interesting read. :smile:

 

Edit: Moved to Programming and Web Design.

I wasn't talking about the space between letters, just the width of the actual letters. I find this forum plenty readable even though the font is narrower. Maybe I would like it to simply be smaller--I just viewed the actual website and since I'm running Linux Mint, I see the text as some Arialesque font and I don't think it looks any nicer. Speaking of which, you should probably add some Linux-friendly font-families: http://mondaybynoon.com/20070402/linux-font-equivalents-to-popular-web-typefaces/

Also, I would make the menu bar font the same as the logo's.

I wasn't talking about the space between letters, just the width of the actual letters. I find this forum plenty readable even though the font is narrower. Maybe I would like it to simply be smaller--I just viewed the actual website and since I'm running Linux Mint, I see the text as some Arialesque font and I don't think it looks any nicer. Speaking of which, you should probably add some Linux-friendly font-families: http://mondaybynoon....-web-typefaces/

Also, I would make the menu bar font the same as the logo's.

 

I made the font a few pixels smaller (12 vs 14). If you want, could you tell me what you think now?

 

I'm not a big fan of justification for reading. I like the font; is that Verdana? This may just be personal preference, but I rather webpages to display text in a wider format. In this instance, if it covered all the yellow at the top that would be nice.

 

Do note that I have 0 experience in web design, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Your article did appeal to the programmer in me, however. Was a really interesting read. :smile:

 

Edit: Moved to Programming and Web Design.

 

I removed the justification. As far as the wide text is concerned, research and personal experience indicate the longer a line of text is, the harder it is to read. Also, I want some of the illustration to not be obscured :P!

 

Thanks to you both for the feedback.

I see you changed the logo's font. I was talking about the menu fonts. You [bleep]ed it up more, man :P

Also what's with the room between lines?

I see you changed the logo's font. I was talking about the menu fonts. You [bleep]ed it up more, man :P

Also what's with the room between lines?

 

First: I know, but the font I used for the menu isn't a common font. I could always make the menus images with a text fallback though... I'll revert the logo and try that.

 

The room between the lines is an oversight. I'll fix that. It should be 1/2 extra space between each line, not over double, as it is now. Thanks again!

Okay. Maybe you could make the logo and logo text interact some more? Something that looks less like a logo with text next to it. All lowercase "comma [logo] excess", maybe, with letters the same height as the logo?

Okay. Maybe you could make the logo and logo text interact some more? Something that looks less like a logo with text next to it. All lowercase "comma [logo] excess", maybe, with letters the same height as the logo?

 

I like your suggestion and used it. What do you think now?

 

(Oh, and suggesting by the time you posted your reply, you may want to check the website again; I was working on the navigation menu around that time!).

Cool. I like it. The text looks good now, but again, I don't have Verdana so I can't tell you what Lord Paul is seeing.

I would push the menu buttons all the way to the right. I suppose you used CSS to place a border at the bottom of the images on mouseover? This is just me, but when I do something like that I like to use rounded corners, like this (second paragraph).

When I scroll down the page about a third of the width of the screen is eaten up by the space you left for the illustration at the top. That's at 1024*600. You probably know better than I do whether that's a good idea or not, just letting you know. Maybe you can use the space taken up by the pattern to place the illustrations side-by-side with the text instead of having them in the same block?