Well, for all you folks reading the web version (and not just the feed,) I've got a new look for you. I've been wanting something brighter and more cheerful for a while now and I finally sat down and plugged some happy colors (all taken from the Firefox UI) into my stylesheet. I still haven't done anything to make sure the various archives are looking good, but that can wait 'till tomorrow.
If you're a feed reader, maybe click that link to come take a look at what you're missing (for good or bad ;-) and if you're a Web page reader and this is just too crazy bright for you, consider grabbing one of my feeds with a feed reader -- I recommend the Forumzilla extension for Thunderbird mail or the Sage extension for Firefox.
I've checked the page over in Gecko and IE and I do see the few IE glitches that you're probably seeing. I'm looking for help ironing out those wrinkles in IE so if you have experience in styling for that browser, suggestions or patches are welcome.
If you're using Opera, Safari, or any other niche browser and see problems, I'm happy to fix them if the comments come with a patch that doesn't break things in Gecko and IE.
update: I just took a look back at some of the design submissions from a couple of weeks ago and noticed some real similarities to Grayrest's design. I guess I got some subconcious inspiration from that. Thanks Grayrest. It's a very nice design. Maybe I'll try to get that working as the alternate style.
Posted by asa at August 22, 2004 12:26 AMAsa! Can you please add the old stylesheet to the pages? even as an alternative
This bright green makes my eyes go crazy!
Anko
Posted by: Anko on August 22, 2004 02:06 AMmy eyes! my beautiful eyes!
Posted by: berkut on August 22, 2004 02:09 AMSeriously though, I think the front page looks nice, like a RAINBOW.
However, the comments popup window is all bright green, maybe you could make it the same color as the text background on the main page.
Posted by: berkut on August 22, 2004 02:12 AMThank God, that Asa isn't Firefox theme creator. =)
Posted by: Adam Hauner on August 22, 2004 02:14 AMHoly...ghaaaa!
IT BURNS.
But hey, if you like it, and it makes you want to post more, then that's good enough. I'll be enjoying your crazy English stylings via some other feedish means.
Posted by: Axord on August 22, 2004 02:32 AMAre you sure to use this style? I thought it was a joke!
Posted by: minghong on August 22, 2004 02:35 AMI like the new theme. It makes me happy :)
But that fox could look a little less grumpy. I get the feeling he wants to bite me.
< Muttering to himself : ...and this is the blog of one of the guys trying to tell us - among other things - what's wrong with the web today?!? >
Say, asa, are you trying to get rid of people leaving comments in your blog with that acid-green background? ;)
Which reminds me... What's up with "ask asa"? (the italics part to the left is a clickable link, BTW, except the new color scheme is not very helpful as far as making links stand out goes) You know, the "ask asa" from Jul 29th? I'm sure you're a busy guy, but are there at least any plans to write some "asa finally answers" for that one?
Posted by: Linuxn00b on August 22, 2004 03:23 AMLove the new look, Asa! Just adjust the div.comments-body2 class to give it a lighter green, and I'm set! ;-)
Posted by: Markus Lindström on August 22, 2004 03:24 AMayaiiiii!!!!
I think I will stick to ForumZilla thank you... makes my eyes hurt...
Posted by: Tristor on August 22, 2004 05:21 AMI actually think we deserve this for beating the crap out of Asa for that view-source stuff.
Posted by: Axel Hecht on August 22, 2004 05:54 AMOw, ow, ow... my eyes, they bleed :p
Ah well, if it makes him post more it's all good. Still wondering where these colors are in Firefox though :p
Posted by: Seth Kinast on August 22, 2004 06:37 AMDo you want to kill our eyes ?
Please, make something less eye-killer, with softer colors...
PLEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE ;)
Posted by: MozJF on August 22, 2004 06:39 AMAsa, the left-hand menu is currently overlapping half of the actual content, using Firefox 20040820.
Posted by: Markus Lindström on August 22, 2004 07:19 AMMarkus, yeah, that we me breaking things :) All better now, I think.
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on August 22, 2004 07:39 AMI'm blind... Someone help me find my eyes. They popped out of my head and ran away.
Posted by: Jason on August 22, 2004 07:47 AMSwap out the green for a real light yellow (and maybe change the blues to a light brown, maybe beige?), reduce line length on permalinks, and drop some typography in there, and you're set. Otherwise, I'm reading feeds. Sorry.
Posted by: David House on August 22, 2004 08:34 AMNow I`m sure I`m not colorblind. Well I was sure berfore anyways, but now there even a small doubt.
Posted by: jm.one on August 22, 2004 09:18 AM>I actually think we deserve this for beating the crap out of Asa for that view-source stuff.
I can agree with that. It looks like this new look is temporarily gone, tho, because all I see now is the old look with a different logo.
Posted by: Jeff Walden on August 22, 2004 10:13 AMJust so I'm not all talk, here's the changes I'd make. There's a lot more I'd like to do, but there's only 10 minutes until I have to go to church and I need some food before then. Anyway:
Front page: http://xmouse.ithium.net/wp-content/code-snippets/other-stuff/adotsnotblog.htm
Archived Entry: http://xmouse.ithium.net/wp-content/code-snippets/other-stuff/adotsnotblog2.htm
Stylesheet: http://xmouse.ithium.net/wp-content/code-snippets/other-stuff/adotsnotblog_files/styles-site4.css
David, those changes look nice. I'll see if I can hook them up as a second alternate style. Thanks!
--Asa
Posted by: Asa Dotzler on August 22, 2004 10:18 AMI was trying for something more colorful given the color set, but I didn't expect the site to wind up with a lime green background...
Posted by: grayrest on August 22, 2004 10:59 AMThank you for getting rid of [most of] the acid-green background in the comments viewing area, asa. It is most appreciated.
If the same could be done for pages being displayed once you hit the "PREVIEW" button under the post it would be even better.
Posted by: Linuxn00b on August 24, 2004 02:16 AMHmmm, something has gone wrong. Ever since you changed the theme, all I get is black text on a white background. I don't see any graphics, or any structure.
Win XP SP2, Mozilla 1.8a3
Posted by: David King on August 25, 2004 02:39 PMAhh, that's better, there is nothing like colour to add interest. Thanks for fixing whatever was causing this.
Posted by: David King on August 26, 2004 01:58 PM