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Really like this idea, it's a really nifty concept. On the design side of things I'm on the fence, I like the logo and serif font at the top, though I'm still u
by thismat 17y ago
Really like this idea, it's a really nifty concept. On the design side of things I'm on the fence, I like the logo and serif font at the top, though I'm still unsure about the monospace caption, it's possible the entire header would look better in a monospace font, worth exploring.
From the design of the header, the buttons and heavy gradient don't really work for me, you start out very crisp and clean, but quickly clutter with excessive gradients and rollovers, and the central page layout feels very 'cramped' as well, possibly playing with the spacing between objects and the contrasts would help.
Honestly I think your design would greatly improve with a more liberal use of whitespace, possibly no borders for the content, no boxing things in? and I'm not sold on the rounded navigation either, but this is possibly just due to the images not really jiving with me.
Here's an example: http://thismat.com/images/goalbot.png http://thismat.com/images/goalbot.png
Obviously this all subjective to taste, but I thought I'd throw it in as food for thought...you might not even be ready to tweak on the design yet.
- mmorris 17y agoWow! This is really helpful. I've often felt like the design was sort of cramped, as you say. Unfortunately, I'm only an aspiring designer so sometimes I can't figure out just how to fix my problems. I've also been a bit hesitant to play around with the design too much as I've been trying to get the functionality into place. But you've inspired me. I'm going to play around with the spacing and borders this weekend. At this point I don't think I want to do away with the content borders entirely, but your graphic shows how much more open it would be. Hrmm... I'll have to ruminate on it. I know the screenshot wasn't a super intensive edit or anything, but it was really nice of you to go through the trouble. Thanks so much!