Re: Website design considerations (was: Azurian.)

Den 31. okt. 2008 kl. 12.13 skreiv Benct Philip Jonsson:
>
> Due to my impaired peripheral vision my ideal
> text block width is narrower, about 50 chars.
> I wish there was a convention that the main
> text block of all webpages was wrapped in a
> <div> with id="textblock" so that one could
> use local CSS to set it's width, or rather the
> width of <p>, <pre> and <blockquote> blocks inside it,
> like so:
>
> #textblock p, #textblock blockquote,
> #textblock pre {max-width: 25 em; }
I see. Well, you shall have your wish from me at least. Not 25 em
perhaps, but I too think the pages have been too wide with the
formatting I have been using.

Yahya wrote:

> Funny you should mention that.  I usually find a pure
> white background gives too much glare after several hours
> in front of the screen.  So whenever I reinstal Windows,
> I change the default Window background to a parchment
> shade, though somewhat paler.  Takes the edge off the
> glare for me.
I never had that problem myself, but now that I'm older, coming to
think about it, it seems my eyes aren't as comfortable with the
screen whites as they used to. This is not an age problem, though.
The first person who complained to me about this was in his 20s.

>> ... So maybe I'll go for #eeeeee or possibly
>> some different tone.
>
> #eeeeee is an excellent choice for a background.  You
> could also try #ee0fee for a warmer hue, or #dfffdf for
> a cooler one - basically subtracting or adding blue.
Ok, thanks for the suggestion.

>> I was (and am) thinking that it could work for those simple and
>> repetitive headers.
>
> Yes, it could work - for most readers, but not for all.
> Do you want to miss out on the feedback from some great
> and knowledgeable genius just because she or he can't
> quite be bothered studying your page more carefully?
> You never know ...! ;-)
Well, it has to be a compromise, between what I like personally and
what will attract as many visitors as possible.

> Excellent suggestion from BP!  And, just as in newspapers,
> a couple of columns of similar width are a good way of
> getting more info on a page.  To prevent overcrowding, give
> a generous gutter (margin) between them.
Splitting text vertically isn't often seen on the web. But yes, it is
a good idea. Will consider it.

LEF

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