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   1 Danalyn // Sep 16, 2006 at 3:49 pm// View all comments by Danalyn//     +0

   That’s pretty fucking sad. The errors. The design. It’s all just sad.

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   2 Franky // Sep 16, 2006 at 3:54 pm// View all comments by Franky//     +0

   The design, I do not want to judge, but personally I’ld say ‘It sucks’, especially since it doesn’t pass the contrast check either.
   As for the errors, unadmittable.

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   3 Kenny Sauners // Sep 17, 2006 at 7:38 pm// View all comments by Kenny Sauners//     +0

   “It sucks”,

   sigh, any constructive criticism about the design?

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   4 Franky // Sep 17, 2006 at 7:47 pm// View all comments by Franky//     +0

   Kenny, I usually really like the stuff you design, this one just is too dark if you ask me. I like bright designs.
   I checked the blog design on 3 different screens : a quite dark CRT, a bright LCD and my notebook screen. Only the bright LCD could deal correctly with the design’s contrasts. On my notebook it only displays properly (read was readable) when I sit in the perfect position in front of the screen.
   Go have a look at Snook and check the contrast difference.
   The drawings and the roll overs/tabs I do like, but I don’t think the design is good showcase for the standards promoted with the CSS Reboot site. Did you check the contrast?

   No, honestly, give me the FortyEightDesigns’ website. Like that one a lot better. ;-)

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   5 Danalyn // Sep 17, 2006 at 8:06 pm// View all comments by Danalyn//     +0

   Here’s some constructive criticism: wtf is up with the diarrhea green, anyway? I just ate some bad hamburger the other night, I don’t need to be reminded of it anymore than absolutely necessary.

   Adam (or whatever his name is) caught a lot of flack for using light text/dark bg…so he made it nice (imo) for last reboot. Lots of contrast, easy to read…apparently, black text on white background is boring.

   You’d think that seeing as how the site is geared towards standards, the designers would at least consider contrast.

   I can’t fucking read a damn thing!

   Not only is the contrast horrible, the font is too damn small, too.

   Small font + dark bg + almost-as-dark text == double fucking fugly.

   I’m a design snob. If a site makes me want to gouge my eyes out, I won’t return. Some even make me throw things or get violent. I don’t like getting violent. I’m a nice person. My pent up rage might make me go on an anti-cssreboot/libel/defamation spree.

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   6 Kenny Sauners // Sep 17, 2006 at 8:22 pm// View all comments by Kenny Sauners//     +0

   Danalyn: Thanks for the reply, you made me smile.

   Franky: I see your point with the contrast, I haven’t tested the text through a contrast checker, I’ll forward this on the owner, who is now making all the edits to the css.

   As for the “diarrhea green”, I was asked to make the site dark, and use greens / fall colors. I’m sure Pete is watching these posts too, he’ll probably change the font colors soon.

   Thanks agian.

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   7 Matt Brett // Sep 22, 2006 at 2:08 pm// View all comments by Matt Brett//     +0

   I think your reaction was a bit over the top here Elliot. I mean the errors were nothing, really. It looked like it was probably one error that caused a chain reaction within the main content area since it was showing every paragraph and list as invalid. Definitely nothing to get all up in arms about. How long after the design went live did you post this? A matter of minutes?

   In any case, I really like the design. It’s a change of pace, and a nice one at that. I’m actually considering taking part now.

   Lastly, complaining about the font being too small is hardly valid since every modern browser can increase it with ease.

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   8 Franky // Sep 22, 2006 at 3:32 pm// View all comments by Franky//     +0

   Sorry dude, but Elliot is on holiday. He’ll be back in 3 weeks. ;-)

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   9 WD MIlner // Oct 1, 2006 at 2:04 am// View all comments by WD MIlner//     +0

   The “greens” are almost dark enough to be brown, and while I can read it, it is not the most comfortable reading due to lack of contrast in some places.

   I like green myself (I use a green schema on my own site) but fall or autumn is generally (at least for those living with deciduous forests) a time for bright cheerful colours - russets, reds, yellows, golds, warm browns - not murky, muddy greens. The sample insert on the blog was much lighter and cheerful than the finished product which reminds me of some sort of military camouflaged theme more appropriate for a Battlefield 1942 gaming site.

   But as the old cliche goes “each to their own taste”

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    10 Joshua Hughes // Oct 18, 2006 at 8:50 am// View all comments by Joshua Hughes//     +0

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    11 Franky // Oct 18, 2006 at 10:09 am// View all comments by Franky//     +0

    Joshua, thanks for your comment. I pretty much agree with you and like already mentionned before no offense to Kenny. Designers go thru a hard life sometimes.
    I agree with the dead look of the rotten leaves as well, but as for the green, I do think it is OK. I check everything I do on 4 different screens by now, all with their own settings and think having most common screen settings in this way, and actually it does look pretty OK.

    I have seen worse. ;-)
    Otherwise, I didn’t visit the reboot site anymore, nor did I read any new entries from the Reboot blog, so … dunno and bye.

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