Comments on: Neck and crop

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:46:37 +0000

I quite like it, although personally if it were mine I’d shift the header to the right so that either the writing or the logo lines up with the main post column. Both for aesthetic reasons and to help lead peoples’ eyes to the right place. And then if the header is too cluttered, shift the search box down into the righthand sidebar.

By: JF

JF — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:10:51 +0000

Pah! I like it…

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:19:19 +0000

what new site?

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:04:17 +0000

@ Fiona and Kathy:
If you want to talk about cluttered, go check out the New York Times site (http://nytimes.com). In comparison, I think the design on The Corridor is relatively straight-forward and has a great sense of style while still keeping content clarity (not quantity) first and foremost.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:06:35 +0000

I give it a 3 out of 10, Will. Asyou mya remember, I’m doing a Master’s on Information Architecture and Design, and having done a heuristic evaluation on your old site ( and got top marks for the assignment, by the way!) I have to tell you that “cool” does not equal “usability” – as the designers of the the London 2010 Olympics Logo discovered!

Your designer has fallen into a similar trap – he needs to take a closer look at W3C guidelines for Web Accessibility.

As Kathy points out, there’s not enough contrast and it’s too cluttered. Simple, it ain’t. Not one iota. It is very difficult for anyone with visual problems. Like me. No, I’m not colour blind or obviously “disabled” (are they not welcome at your site?) but I won’t visit a site like this for leisure.

It’s also now looks like a hundred other sites – pretty generic. Sorry, but a big thumbs down from me.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:11:51 +0000

I’m an old stick-in-the-mud. I hate change.

I think there’s not enough contrast between the white of the background and the very very pale grey of the headings and boxes, particularly when you’re commenting. And on the main page I think the no2 and no3 posts are too close together â€” need more of a margin between them.

Otherwise, I’m sure it’s very pretty.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:36:57 +0000

Looks nice, although the pages are taking a while to load.

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:56:01 +0000

So a new look, to go with the new boss hey Will?

BTW – nice look. Particularly “cricket” with predominantly white and a hint of red…Cool.

By: SpryCorpse

SpryCorpse — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:27:29 +0000

Not a bad ‘facelift’. Yes, it is a cool sort of effect.

Seems a tad anaemic though and a little difficult to distinguish the major ‘columns’ of the site.