Mac Tips Site Revamped
March 13, 2007
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The main panel is pure white, as before. while the background and the interface elements are now much more subdued. Although the interface parts are important, and I want the setup to be such that it never takes more than two clicks to get somewhere else on the site, I want the reading of the actual articles to be as distraction-free as possible.
The main panel is also now 30 pixels wider. I originally sized everything so that the whole width of the page would fit on a smaller display without the need for any horizontal scrolling. Research shows that practically everyone who visits has a screen 1152 pixels or wider, and, the previous narrowness made the site look more like a weblog, which it definitely is not.
I’ve also padded out the white space around text and graphics on all the pages. This extra headroom, I think, makes for a more relaxing reading experience.
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Finally, I felt that the new more subtle look of the background and navigation parts should be broken up with some color, so I added a logo that appears throughout the site. It looked a little garish at first, so I ended up making it 70 percent transparent. The jury’s still out on its placement though.
Hope you like it.
