Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] New webpage look

[Marcus D. Leech]

On 14/10/2011 12:22 PM, Tom Rondeau wrote:
> Ok, so to protect people from bleeding from any part of their body 
> while viewing the webpage, I have toned the red down a notch. But 
> seriously, if the webpage is causing you physical pain to look at, 
> perhaps the brightness of your monitor is turned up a bit too high.
>
> So the Forces of Brightness won out for me when redoing the color 
> scheme specifically to get away from the drab blue and greens of the 
> Earthtone Coalition. I think the new colors make the site more alive 
> and pop as opposed to what I think was a pretty dull, boring site of 
> blues.
>
> The redish-orange color was taken from the GNU Radio icon that we've 
> added to the top of the page. Originally, I think we had the wrong 
> value for it, which gave that brighter red (#C82F1F), but I replaced 
> the main banner with what GIMP tells me is the real color from the 
> icon, which is #C80000. It calms it down a bit, and I just replaced 
> the link colors with this scheme instead of the brighter scheme.
>
> Using the redish-orange for the banner and blue for the links would 
> clash, I think. I mean, come on, orange and blue? What is this, UVA? 
> (inside joke/rivalry; I went to VA Tech.)
>
> I'm definitely willing to entertain other suggestions for colors if 
> most people are finding this to be a real problem, but I'd really 
> rather not go back to boring old blue like we used to have.
>
> Tom
Something I've learned in over 30 years of doing computer stuff, 
including UI design.  When it comes to UI decisions, including colours,
  layout, etc, you'll *never*, *ever* make everyone happy.  It's not 
possible.  The reason they call "personal taste" personal, is that, well,
  it's personal :-)