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I like the clean design. Though I'm no design expert, I think it would be nice if the user's eyes were clearly directed, since right now nothing really jumps ou

by jaydub 19y ago

I like the clean design. Though I'm no design expert, I think it would be nice if the user's eyes were clearly directed, since right now nothing really jumps out of the page that much.

walterk 19y ago
I agree. The way the site is currently designed, my eyes want to read the headlines in rows (the columns stretch too far down for me to read down the column instead), but all headlines except for those at the top are not aligned vertically, making traversal through the page an awkward affair. You're either going to want to ensure that there's row-based alignment for headlines, or use discrete sections that each cover a particular category of sports news. E.g. how Google News has separate column sections for World, U.S., Elections, Business, etc.
jfornear 19y ago
I agree. The three column newspaper theme is a little overwhelming. I also think legibility could be improved by changing to a sans-serif font. I see potential, but the name really should be more sports sounding.
- antiismist 19y ago
  That's interesting...before last night it was sporting helvetica font throughout, but I switched it to times to give it a little bit more of a newspaper feel. I like the logo in times, but the content looks better in helvetica. Is it a design atrocity to have a mix?
  - jfornear 19y ago
    It isn't against the rules to mix it up. I was just at theonion.com, and they definitely mix it up. The headlines are either serif if the body is sans serif or sans serif if the body or link is serif. The button navigation is also sans. I think your page would be easier to read if you mixed it up a bit. It just looks like a wall of text which is intimidating. There needs to be differences in the text to distinguish if they have functions or not.
    - antiismist 19y ago
      Thanks for the link, I am going to try mixing it up and see how it looks.

by jaydub 19y ago

I like the clean design. Though I'm no design expert, I think it would be nice if the user's eyes were clearly directed, since right now nothing really jumps out of the page that much.

walterk 19y ago

I agree. The way the site is currently designed, my eyes want to read the headlines in rows (the columns stretch too far down for me to read down the column instead), but all headlines except for those at the top are not aligned vertically, making traversal through the page an awkward affair. You're either going to want to ensure that there's row-based alignment for headlines, or use discrete sections that each cover a particular category of sports news. E.g. how Google News has separate column sections for World, U.S., Elections, Business, etc.

jfornear 19y ago

I agree. The three column newspaper theme is a little overwhelming. I also think legibility could be improved by changing to a sans-serif font. I see potential, but the name really should be more sports sounding.

antiismist 19y ago
That's interesting...before last night it was sporting helvetica font throughout, but I switched it to times to give it a little bit more of a newspaper feel. I like the logo in times, but the content looks better in helvetica. Is it a design atrocity to have a mix?
- jfornear 19y ago
  It isn't against the rules to mix it up. I was just at theonion.com, and they definitely mix it up. The headlines are either serif if the body is sans serif or sans serif if the body or link is serif. The button navigation is also sans. I think your page would be easier to read if you mixed it up a bit. It just looks like a wall of text which is intimidating. There needs to be differences in the text to distinguish if they have functions or not.
  - antiismist 19y ago
    Thanks for the link, I am going to try mixing it up and see how it looks.