Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:45:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: k4n _ <k4n@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD webdesign Message-ID: <199908240628.XAA04813@gilliam.users.flyingcroc.net>
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k4n _ wrote: > > I thought maybe you would be interested in a free website redesign(or > something) so I downloaded the HTML for your site, and made a few changes. I > made the background black, redid the FreeBSD logo slightly, and darkened the > logos at the bottom to match the color scheme. If you are interested I can > send you a copy, I think it looks pretty cool. See you later Why do people always assume that dark is cool. The purpose of a website is to convey information. That means good readability, not looks. Whereas beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, readability assuredly does not. Barring the by now ancient amber CRT phosphor colors most research shows that black on white (note the order) is best readable. The FreeBSD site is emminently readable, whereas the old freshmeat site was not. In fact with my previous monitor's settings I couldn't even read that site without upping the brightness (I'm a programmer, for text high contrast is needed contrary to the high brightness for graphics work). Clearly I was not alone in that they changed to a much brighter color scheme. As well as black"er" on white lettering. > (i just realized how dumb this letter sounds, but hey its 8:30 in the > morning what do you expect) It's always 8.30 in the morning someplace. B.t.w. you send it to general lists, maybe it would be better to send it directly to the webmaster. Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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