Andy Zickler and I looked at some of the styles on Zen Garden. We disagreed on what our favorite styles were, but we agreed that the 'Retro Theatre' style was particularily awful. Retro Theatre is my first screen shot above.Retro Theatre is constricting, and difficult to read. All content is constricted down to that small box in the centre of the screen, and many columns are reduced to one word per line in many instances. It's terrible for usability.
The second screenshot is 'Elegance in Simplicity'. I liked this one, it's clean, fairly nice looking. The color choices are consistent, bright and nice. Navigation down the right side is nice. It might be better with a little more contrast, but in general it's pretty good.
In addition, we put together a simple form. Mine is located at http://people.rit.edu/~mfe9164/409/mailform.html
Maybe later I'll add some styles to it.
1 comment:
Good assessment, but consider the unique elements Retro Theater has and how they can be used in a more tasteful way.
Also, don't underestimate the desirability of links!
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