Blog Critique!

[former1]

Hey Guys,

Just redesigned my blog and added a few cool (now playing and follow me!) features. Just thought I'd see what opinions on the site are? It's quite dark here, but I'm not sure how well it'll display on other screens too!

View it here.

Thanks,

MI6Labs.

[yxz]

dark darker fieldjournal.co.uk

[Plarkster]

Nice layout but far too dark. Consider making the background lighter and making the link text lighter. To give you an idea of how dark it is, I can barely see the shapes around the links at the bottom on my screen.

[nationalhealth]

It's a little too dark for my taste (even for a personal blog) also - nice layout though.

I do agree with your opinion about "Coming to America" being one the funnier movies though :D

[MikeChipshop Member]

Wooo i'm going Scotland this weekend

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Dark text on a darker background isn't that good an idea.

Also, the right aligned title text is still right aligned when you go to print, which for some reason makes Firefox split it across 2 lines (Also, it's using sIFR, which I can't stand, but that's just a personal opinion)

[carmatic]

i like how the 'tags' are shaped to fit each other like that... and the 'Recent' menu at the left, i know your trying to go for the 'subtle' look but it would be nice if you could read it easier without having to mouse over it... suggest increasing the brightness of the font to give it more contrast, and maybe changing the highlight colour to make it stand out more... i think if you keep the 'dim' look abit yellowish, and make the 'highlight' colour abit bluish , it would give the illusion of extra brightness

also , the 'Recent' menu dissapears and gets replaced by 'leave a comment' whenever you click on an entry, is that on purpose? it forces us to go back one page to see the menu again

[former1]

Hi Guys,

Sorry for the late reply! However I've modified the links in the recent bit to make them brighter, is that better?

As for going back when reading a previous post, I admit that's a flaw in the design I haven't quite thought about :p I'll make the logo clickable so that it brings you back to the home page.

Any more comments are appreciated!!

[soumyasch]

The white font is kind of strenuous on the eyes, especially with the background color. Try a little more yellow-grey. I use the same background color as the background in Visual Studio, and use F4FFAE as the background color. I find that combo very easier to work with. Also, a little more contrast on the heading and blog index wouldn't hurt.

Other than that, I really like the design.

[former1]

Hey thanks for the comment :) by white text do you mean the main content??

Cheers!

[RuudJacobs.NET]

I like it!

[soumyasch]

Hey thanks for the comment :) by white text do you mean the main content??

Cheers!

Yeah