tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post735766631440487378..comments2023-12-10T08:09:17.786+00:00Comments on Large blooming flower: UsabilityJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-40728131116055513942010-06-28T09:44:23.868+01:002010-06-28T09:44:23.868+01:00There is a blog I follow that I love, but it takes...There is a blog I follow that I love, but it takes an eternity to load. She has one of the new templates, twitter, countdowns, and much more. I find that I can't even comment there anymore, as the wheels start grinding when the verification starts loading. <br /><br />And don't get me started about photographic or patterned backgrounds!Leslie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373261212549008939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-64405141950877652322010-06-23T09:56:38.923+01:002010-06-23T09:56:38.923+01:00i think it's a good point, though - white on b...i think it's a good point, though - white on black is not the best for accessibility.nixwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440110398186134460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-48612320648768537522010-06-23T07:08:22.533+01:002010-06-23T07:08:22.533+01:00No, it's your blog, pay me no mind! My ranting...No, it's your blog, pay me no mind! My ranting about black backgrounds came from my days in the computer games industry and had as much to do with background textures and funny fonts in a misguided attempt to convey some mystery to fundamentally awful products as it did to the colours themselves. Simple white-on-black is still high-contrast, there was a time when all PCs looked like that!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-37367654887757423892010-06-22T12:29:59.228+01:002010-06-22T12:29:59.228+01:00yeah, my trans blog is white writing on a black ba...yeah, my trans blog is white writing on a black background... i always think about changing it, but it has such a 'feel' and over 4 years of history. *sigh* i should change it.nixwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440110398186134460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-51174579571199003532010-06-21T12:35:04.036+01:002010-06-21T12:35:04.036+01:00This is true :)
Full syndication enabled now, hop...This is true :)<br /><br />Full syndication enabled now, hope that helps.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-33613975035170259252010-06-21T12:32:02.388+01:002010-06-21T12:32:02.388+01:00You don't have a monopoly on being techie...
...You don't have a monopoly on being techie...<br /><br />I had the same concerns about RSS feeds not bring traffic to both my personal blog and my business blog - blogger now lets you put adverts in the RSS feeds, which means you still get the chance to earn a few bucks.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662706007938391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-32406660388182844912010-06-21T09:32:11.515+01:002010-06-21T09:32:11.515+01:00@Melissa: those are exactly the colourschemes to w...@Melissa: those are exactly the colourschemes to which I was referring. Beaten only by yellow-on-blue for annoyance!<br /><br />@Jess: You've exposed my techiedom. I deal with RSS feeds and clever ways to do things with them on a daily basis as part of what I do for a living. In a commercial setting the aim is to draw people to a site so a taster is all that is syndicated. This isn't a commercial site so there isn't really a need for that, it must have been just my unthinking professional reaction to set it thus. I'll investigate changing it.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-30010291331442486262010-06-20T22:23:47.539+01:002010-06-20T22:23:47.539+01:00On a bandwith related issue, I think, Jenny, you h...On a bandwith related issue, I think, Jenny, you have your RSS feed options to only show the first NN characters of a post, which means users have to call up your full blog site to read the full post? <br /><br />Allowing the full post to go out by RSS allows ppl to aggregate via google reader or similar in plain text.<br /><br />Just a thought.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662706007938391607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-8354479108194445462010-06-20T21:31:13.601+01:002010-06-20T21:31:13.601+01:00A few of the blogs I like to read have white or pi...A few of the blogs I like to read have white or pink text on a black background. It takes several minutes after I've read them, for the image imprinted on my retina to calm down and go away. It's similar to the effect of a flash bulb on the eyes. It drives me crazy. I think the people who have blogs like that, like the overall dramatic look of it, but they don't realize how hard it is on the eyes of their readers. I've found that the easiest on my eyes, is black text on a light neutral (gray, yellow,etc.) background. I agree with you about all the clutter distracting ones attention from the writing. Best to keep it clean.<br /><br />Melissa XXMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600684740584460891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-70351524131560117012010-06-20T10:33:48.854+01:002010-06-20T10:33:48.854+01:00My apologies if I've touched any raw nerves am...My apologies if I've touched any raw nerves amongst the recently retemplated. Pay no mind ot the demented rantings of a frustrated techie. :)<br /><br />Claire, that comparison is praise indeed!<br /><br />Dru, you said it in that disemmination of your artwork and photography is part of your blog's function. Please continue! <br /><br />There's part of me that loves minimialist design furniture. For that I probably have a black polo-neck sweater somewhere. I can't help thinking though that if I did live like that I'd soon be surrounded by cool modernist surfaces covered in piles of randm cr@p.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-13614136513557191542010-06-20T08:29:12.788+01:002010-06-20T08:29:12.788+01:00It hadn't occured to me that my blog might be ...It hadn't occured to me that my blog might be slow to load for other people.. it is quite graphics-heavy, but that's part of its function for me. If it feels a bit cluttered, I look at MySpace and wince; that looks so bloody awful. And if I want to get aspirational, I go and look at something like Fuck Yeah Bristol! -which is so uncluttered it looks like it should be in the Conran Shop. Do people live like that? Coo ur gosh.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-57189908481525680312010-06-19T17:49:12.928+01:002010-06-19T17:49:12.928+01:00Guilty...I am...Guilty...I am...Caliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280127011882954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-54283426471830060452010-06-19T14:25:31.737+01:002010-06-19T14:25:31.737+01:00I'm defaulted to a GPRS connection when travel...I'm defaulted to a GPRS connection when travelling to the office on the train (100 meters from the track on either sie and you get 3g according to the telco provider maps, but not the the tracks themselves - go figure) so I also appriciate the minimalistic approach.<br /><br />After saying that as Claire says they are so shiny :) Not that I am using a new template, but I do have the Venice water image I took a couple of years ago as my title banner :) )<br /><br />StaceStacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907346657510908857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-13415269227679245682010-06-19T12:17:40.798+01:002010-06-19T12:17:40.798+01:00Living in the wilds of Canada, highspeed is not an...Living in the wilds of Canada, highspeed is not an option. We have a medium speed system using satellite technology and it takes a long time to load some of the widget heavy pages. I do agree and appreciate the black on white.. it seems very hard to get through a long post when the background is dark.<br /><br />I like a geeky post like this now and then. It shows you care about us; I like that!<br /><br /> Hugs,<br /><br /> HalleHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-50211231434459673272010-06-19T12:15:10.083+01:002010-06-19T12:15:10.083+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4834395892091327520.post-83345869010874389122010-06-19T11:30:48.169+01:002010-06-19T11:30:48.169+01:00I know and I'm one of them...but, but, but,, t...I know and I'm one of them...but, but, but,, they're so new, and shiney, and sparkley. That's one reason for the redesign, but the other was that my design was almost identical to two of my favourite blogs- yours & Erin O' Brien. I changed and now I spend my days trying to fix the template. But the simple white background is elegant indeed.Claire L Hallamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535569086150530774noreply@blogger.com