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new design for mbros (again)

here’s another design for the meyerbros site. i moved the banner to the side to play with a new look, and to allow the content to flow right to the top. i think this is also the first full screen design.

feel free to comment on the usability of this design. i’ll still be making minor edits to it for a while to get it cleaned up.

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5 Responses to “new design for mbros (again)”

  1. Tim Says:

    August 21st, 2006 at 11:50 am

    I like it. The edged branches look good and make for a rooted design with a feeling of symmetry and strength. The only flaw I see is that on wide screen the white space between the right side of the blog entry text and the right sidebard gets a bit too wide for my taste.

  2. eric Says:

    August 21st, 2006 at 2:24 pm

    thanks,

    re:wide screen: i restricted the width of the main content becuase long lines of text can be difficult to read. i could balance that by restricting the full page width so the page stays intact even on a wide screen…

    maybe i’ll expiriment some.

  3. eric Says:

    August 22nd, 2006 at 9:40 am

    changed.

    i also added another design - this one completely text-based. no images were used.

    of course, i stole the colors from colorburn. i would.

  4. erin Says:

    August 24th, 2006 at 9:30 am

    the first design is sharp. you’re right about the length of text lines, that can be a little tricky to follow, otherwise looks good. i really like the colors and concept of the second design, the right side looks a little funny being so wide and the blogroll, etc. so thin. instead of dividing it in half, what about a 2/3 to 1/3 ratio? so have you decided that you need to redo camp’s site yet? (sorry, just had to ask).

  5. carl Says:

    August 29th, 2006 at 8:08 pm

    i really like the new tree design, though i think “simple” will remain my default. can’t beat its, um, simplicity. and usability.

    the text-only one is a good concept, but i’m with erin - there’s a reason sidebars are usually narrower than the main content area.