Re: Opinions on author websites?

In message <1i9a8rj.paavff17kv2rkN%mbottorff@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Michelle Bottorff <mbottorff@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Irina Rempt <irina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Catja Pafort wrote:

> I've found that once connections had gotten fast enough to display
> backgrounds, images and dividers, reading pages built the old-fashioned
> way with <HR> dividers was a chore, while well-designed sites with
> graphics tend to be easier to read - structured backgrounds are often
> easier on the eyes than plain ones, and images not only break up what
> are otherwise long and hard-to-read blocks of text, they give you visual
> clues what to expect.

I partially concur-- a structured background always distracts a little,
and a too-structured background distracts so much that the text may be
impossible to read.

I think you are talking about textured backgrounds, and Catja is talking
about having things arranged in squares or tables with frames around
them and things like that?

I find too much flat color uncomfortable to look at -- it wearies the
eye. I can put a subtle texture on it, or I can break it up, or both.
I confess that for my own pages I have usually aimed for both. I'm not
the most understated person in the world.

I have no problem with the kind of textures you have on the background of your website. They are as close to plain as makes no difference. It the big swirls and the multi-coloured textural backgrounds I have a problem with.

(nice site BTW)

Jacey


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