Re: TECH: Sligh Site Redesign

I had nothing to do with the colors!  Just wanted to get that out there. :)

I think we had this discussion before and the end result was the b&w
version of David's pages.  But I must agree that the colors are bad.
And it's not all a matter of taste.
There are generally accepted guidelines for text coloration based on
what doesn't give people eyestrain headaches.  You can violate them
for very small amounts of text to achieve some other goal, but if it's
an informative page you really should stick to them.

In general, you want pale tones for backgrounds and dark foregrounds.
Stay away from bright colors. And never use blue for text - its the
color the human eye is the worst at seeing.

Somewhere on the web (yeah, Mark, that's helpful) I found a
handy-dandy webpage color scheme generator that would give you the hex
codes for several colors that would complement each other on a single
page...

On 6/14/07, Joseph Fatula <joefatula@...> wrote:
> David J. Peterson wrote:
> > I was wondering if I could get some opinions on the new layout
> > I've been working on (suggested by Mark Reed awhile back):
> >
> > http://dedalvs.free.fr/misc/practice9.html
> >
> > That's the test of the main page I've been working with.  I've
> > tested it with Safari and Firefox on the Mac, and it works...
> > reasonably well.  If you have a different computer/browser,
> > take a look and tell me how it works.  To compare:
> >
> > http://dedalvs.free.fr/index.html
> >
> > In particular, try to resize the page; let me know if the text in
> > the sidebar extends beyond the dark blue band at an ordinary
> > viewing length (for the browser window).
> >
> > I haven't done the black and white version yet, so just look at
> > the blue and blue.  Thanks!  :)
>
> The sidebar seems to behave properly at ordinary viewing sizes.
>
> On a different note, the color schemes you're using for the pages (with
> the possible exception of the one for Tan Tyls) are horribly grating on
> the eyes.  I read only partway into the descriptions of Zhyler's cases
> before I gave up due to the bright red background.  I do like the idea
> of having different colors for each section, just not the colors you've
> chosen.
>

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>