So - easier or harder to read? I got one complaint about readability, and Pooflingers recently changed templates for that reason, so I thought I'd try to make some improvements. I don't want to go to a different standard template, though. This will not be the end point, but I want to know if its a change in the right direction.
UPDATE: This post will be stickied to the top of my blog for awhile, for comments on ongoing template changes. First question: can anyone see my attempt to change the header font to Comic Sans MS? Should I be able to see using Internet Explorer if I did it correctly? How do I do it correctly?
UPDATE II: This post has been un-stuck. I may continue to tweak the appearance, but for anyone who would prefer black-and-white, I recommend Bloglines, a site that automatically checks your favorite blogs for updates and gives you no-frills, black-and-white versions of them. I signed up today just for the former feature. This post gets a permalink at the top of my sidebar.
Oh, and if you have further input on this subject, feel free to post it here.
8 comments:
Much easier on the eyes, actually.
Really? And I was about to change it back for aesthetic reasons... I may create a sticky for input on ongoing changes...
For me, it's the black background and Times font that's making your blog difficult to read... But I agree with iamb, the green-on-black is definitely better than orange-on-black :P What would be best of all would be black-on-white-or-other-light-color, with a font like MS Comic Sans (your header) or Verdana...
I've also found that the Arial font seems to be one of the easier-on-the-eyes fonts. I do like the way the green stands out compared to the white. It really jumps off of the page at you (perhaps even a little too much, but still better than white).
I switched to dark lettering on light background mostly because I didn't want to take the time to find the perfect font color or style...
Arial seems an improvement - thanks for the tip.
Black backgrounds are one of the main reasons why I use Bloglines. Unless the leader tempts me to read the whole article, I avoid anything that's hard on my eyes.
It's not an accident that most people were glad to see the last of monochrome monitors.
What's bloglines?
What's Bloglines? I thought anyone who blogs regularly would know, but... It's an aggregator for blogs, news sites, etc. Subscribe to a blog and Bloglines will show it whenever it's updated. The only time I go to my subscribed sites now, is if their feed is summaries rather than full posts, and I want to read the whole thing. Some advantages are that you don't have to deal with horrible color choices :-) sidebars, etc. You also save time that would be spent clicking around your favorites to see whether they've updated.
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