Redesigned

By Twisted Intellect on December 11, 2005 1:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (31)

The 5^th incarnation of JorgenArnor.com is finally here! :P I've previously revieled that the name would be “Twisted Intellect” - and that means I've registred the domain twistedintellect.com to go with it...

Now, what many of you may react to is that it doesn't validate nicely at all! - Now here's why...

The W3C guidelines and validation services are meant to keep the coding of a website neat and tidy. It's common rules for everyone to oblige by.

I'm all for that. And I'm fully aware that the web would not be where it is today without the W3C.

However,- lately, I've seen a trend where the need to validate has overshadowed everything else... In much of the latest CSS-tricks, where there has been a semantics versus W3C-problem, W3C has always come out on top.

Would Apple products look and work the way it does if their slogan was “We stick to the rules” instead of “It just works”?

The design

Now, let's talk about the design - It's cleaner than the old one, and there are less colors. It's got more features and eye-candy. It's VERY liquid; and it was a lot more fun to do.

There are a few things I'm still wondering about though - first, there are the time/date-issue. Is there any way to get that up on the front page, without being obtrusive?

Another thing is the sidebar in IE. It doesn't work at all the way it does in any other browser... This is unfortunate - of course. Is there any way to fix this, anyone? Should I do sIFR on the headlines to ensure that they look good on Windows?

Are there any other suggestions? Do you at all like it?!

Get off your lazy arse and give me your opinions, folks! :P

31 Comments

Kai said:

This looks really nice. Neat and tidy. Kind of liked the little detail with the text fading out at the bottom. Perhaps the search box is a little hard to notice first time around. Only thing I’m missing is the archive and why are there a little cross to the left of “Rebooted”?

December 11, 2005 12:01 PM

Jørgen Arnor Gårdsø Lom said:

Thanks! Yup - agreed on the search-bar… Originally, I was going to have some organic graphic-type thinggy just around there, which would’ve made it stand out more…

As for the “cross” - it’s not a cross - it’s a dagger - a footnote-symbol. I guess your talking about the titlebar? I got bored of the star-thing, so I went for that symbol instead.

I’ve used it in the header and some other places as well… But I may change it…

December 11, 2005 12:26 PM

John Arnor G. Lom said:

…and ye olde archive /is/ there, but it’s just darn hard to notice…

I kind of forgot it when I designed, so I just threw in a link at the bottom of the front page - if you look below the last article, you’ll find it…

That’s another thing on my TODO-list… =)

December 11, 2005 12:29 PM

stoga said:

er det ikke stoga says og ikke sais?
og layoutet er så hvitt og skarpt lys i de følsomme øynene mine.

December 11, 2005 10:57 PM

John Arnor G. Lom said:

Ja. Og verden utenfor er så lys og skremmende…

December 11, 2005 11:15 PM

Preston said:

Wow. Amazing redesign. I hope it gets featured on a major CSS showcase — you have done some outstanding work here.

December 16, 2005 4:58 AM

John Arnor G. Lom said:

Thank you very much! …and if I do get featured - I hope I do so with the correct URL,- eh? :P

(didn’t you get featured under an unvalid URL on Screenspire?)

I /have/ submitted it, and I have made Notable Entry on CSS Import, but neither of the others have bothered… :(

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