As is apparent, I’ve added a link to the RSS feed for this blog. It made sense to use the standard icon (why fight user expectations and typical behavior?), but this might present a problem. Generally, I believe that all links should have a hover behavior (once again, expectations and typical behavior). How do I do this with a link that is an image? Should I do it with a link that is an image? One option is to find another color of this icon and do a rollover, but it might be distracting. I could do it windows UI style, and add an outline and maybe gradient background, but this doesn’t seem consistent with the aesthetic of REDESIGNBLOG. What do you think? Sound off!
Update: I’m giving the color rollover a try.
One of the early things that I’ve been struggling with is separating the blog content from the supplementary content. No matter what, the two are separated by position: blog on the left, supplementary on the left, but I don’t think that’s sufficient. The default style sheet uses a dashed gray (#a3a3a3) separator. I don’t love the look of this, but it’s quiet and separates the content effectively I think. But if you click here to change style sheet, you can see a variation, with a solid black separator. It feels more cohesive and looks a little better I think, but I’m worried that the black is too strong, actually directing focus away from the supplementary comment.
Click here to change back.
What do you think? Comment!
Welcome to redesignblog(.net). You now have the opportunity to take part in a collaborative learning experience. The aim of redesignblog is to serve as a playground for testing design ideas with the object of honing skills. The blog will document this entire process, so that there will be an archive, not only of design solutions, but design problems. My hope is that you the readers will help bring vast improvements in the design of this site until we have one of the most well-designed sites on the web.