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MR Re-Design
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I like the one from post #14, it is evolving quite nicely...
I think maybe the MacRumors Logo could get some sort of facelift...
I think maybe the MacRumors Logo could get some sort of facelift...
Dang I was just thinking about this during some down time at work and now I'm moving so I'm too busy to work on it. I will submit something this week.
Specifically, clean up the color scheme, simplify the nav, and maybe even work on the logo. It could be so much better with a more simplified look.
With the site, keep this in mind guys: everything doesn't have to be in a box or outlined. Adwquate pacing and a well defined grid should take care of layout. Look at digg as an example. They have no outlines and boxes for the stories yet they are each well defined in their own space and easily scannable.
Specifically, clean up the color scheme, simplify the nav, and maybe even work on the logo. It could be so much better with a more simplified look.
With the site, keep this in mind guys: everything doesn't have to be in a box or outlined. Adwquate pacing and a well defined grid should take care of layout. Look at digg as an example. They have no outlines and boxes for the stories yet they are each well defined in their own space and easily scannable.
I only kept the strokes and lines on mine because it seems like Arn likes the design quite a bit, I just built mine over top of it but made it the way I'd prefer.
It's actually the same blue that the MacRumors header but darker to the MacRumors header blue.
Finally, here's about 2 hours of work. All comments appreciated and take note, I didn't touch the outer columns yet. I just wanted to get this in front of people.
The whole look brings macrumors into 2008 and puts it in line with a true news source.
I got the comments icon directly from digg just for speed ( they use an open source set i believe anyway) and the outer columns are lighter so they're not distracting while I work on it.
The whole look brings macrumors into 2008 and puts it in line with a true news source.
I got the comments icon directly from digg just for speed ( they use an open source set i believe anyway) and the outer columns are lighter so they're not distracting while I work on it.
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Thank you very much. Also, I've designed it at 960px wide which is generally accepted as a minimum width for a 1024x768 screen. So some spacing could shift with a liquid layout.
I know 1024 seems archaic to some people but I browse at home on a 12" PB so I always keep myself in mind
I think making it fit the smaller resolution screens is fab, because many Mac users don't browse at full screen, eh? Nice work.
Awesome work there. Also makes the page load faster, since there's less graphics (the top bar is simply CSS, right? If not, then it can easily be done with just CSS).
My only thought is that you should make the search field rounded (like how Apple does it on their site).
My only thought is that you should make the search field rounded (like how Apple does it on their site).
safari has a (X)HTML tag
<input type="submit" />
however this is a non-standard tag, and isnt recognized by any other browser, so Apple goes through this convoluted set of javascripts to make it display that way for everything...
I thought about it and to me it doesn't make a difference since I don't have the technical know-how to execute it.
That is, if it's easy enough to do and people want it, a developer can do it and I wouldn't mind.
It would look more apple like but I also wanted MR to keep its own feel so that it doesn't just come off as some fanboy site obsessed with Aqua/Mac OS X
That is, if it's easy enough to do and people want it, a developer can do it and I wouldn't mind.
It would look more apple like but I also wanted MR to keep its own feel so that it doesn't just come off as some fanboy site obsessed with Aqua/Mac OS X
It looks very "bloggy"...
I think one of the nice things about MacRumors is that it doesnt look like a Blog, I htink this kind of gives it the blog look...
With a nice photo in the story, for a new product release say, the posts will look dramatically different.
Now, what defines a 'bloggy' look and why is it a bad thing?
My major complaint with the current MR look is that there are too many extraneous design elements. Such as: too many colors in the left side-bar, cheesy bevel in the nav, too many boxes and outlines dividing elements of the page.