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What to wear...

Dear Reader

I don't like throwing questions into the ether because it's a bit soul-destroying when you don't get any answers. However, in this instance I'll risk it, and ask you, the humble reader of this blog, for your opinion, either as a comment here or as an email, or anything between.

One of the few things left to sort out with the new blog design is how it's going to look. When I first started out, I had a dark background, with a light blue text, with smaller fonts like before. I thought it was quite slick. Then, when I was rebuilding my CSS a while back, I started from scratch, which meant I had default Serif fonts and standard web colours. It was really retro, but I decided that I liked it. I used that for a bit. Then switched back, and back again, and now I can't decide which I like better, and Ronwen likes the one I'm less fond of (I won't say which is which, to avoid selection bias ;-).

(the links are long gone -- Ed.)

So here's the question: which do you think is better for the new blog design? There's:

an old-fashioned, black on white, plain design
a more modified, blue on black, fancier design
something in between (for comparison, though I feel it loses the charm of both)

Which do you think is least ugly? I'll be grateful for any feedback.

{2006.03.12 21:20}

Comments:

1. Ben Langhinrichs (2006.03.13 - 02:48) #

Hmm, I like the first (old-fashioned, black on white, plain design) best, but I don't like any of the three as much as what you have right now.

2. Laurence Caromba (2006.03.13 - 02:55) #

Definitely #2, then #3, and #1 is the worst.

3. Rich...! (2006.03.13 - 06:56) #

I like this one:
http://www.colinpretorius.org/blog_css/tco_front_black.html

Although the dark background may get a bit much after a while, however, it's the web. nothing's permanent, so go for it...!

4. Rich...! (2006.03.13 - 06:57) #

I like this one:
http://www.colinpretorius.org/blog_css/tco_front_black.html

Although the dark background may get a bit much after a while, however, it's the web. nothing's permanent, so go for it...!

5. Rich...! (2006.03.13 - 07:00) #

Oops...!

6. Greyhawk68 (2006.03.13 - 16:58) #

I like the way things are now best as well, but if I have to choose, I would choose number two. I thought that #1 was far too plain.

Nice this is, you can always change! :-)

-Grey

7. Hassan Voyeau (2006.03.13 - 19:08) #

blue on black, fancier design.

8. Debbie (2006.03.13 - 20:49) #

Well, I guess the dark background really IS a guy thing. I don't happen to like the dark background. I find it more difficult to read. But, whatever makes you happy! :)

9. Laurence Caromba (2006.03.13 - 21:47) #

I actually don't much like the black either. I just like the layout of scheme #2. Colin, if you could use the layout of the black page but just invert he colour scheme, that would probably be perfect.

10. Ronwen (2006.03.14 - 10:36) #

Why do you have to change stuff?

11. aquila (2006.03.14 - 14:49) #

I like the way Rich..! spammed you. No, I think probably white background, black text.