[OT] Round 2: Webpage design and "Name That Color!"

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Monday 21 February 2011 18:22:01 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message
> news:ijpvpl$2l8u$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 
> > I've been updating the docs for my Goldie project in preparation of a new
> > release, and figured the they looked a bit...sterile, so I've tweaked the
> > CSS a bit. And, well, I think I've stumbled upon a heisencolor...(or a
> > heisenhue, rather)
> > 
> > Without reading any replies or "cheating" by inspecting the pixels in a
> > paint program, take a look at this screenshot:
> > 
> > http://www.semitwist.com/download/goldie0.4docBeta.png
> > 
> > ...and reply with what color you think the background looks like (the
> > main background, not the
> > sidebar). And whether or not you like it would be helpful, too, of
> > course. And, strange as this may sound, reply again if you end up
> > changing your mind on what color it looks like.
> 
> Thanks all for the comments! I've made a few more tweaks, put up two sample
> pages, and would like to get some opinions on if this now looks "good" or
> "acceptable" or "bad" (and maybe improvement suggestions for any "bad"
> votes):
> 
> http://www.semitwist.com/goldie0.4docBeta2/index.html

acceptable

> http://www.semitwist.com/goldie0.4docBeta2/SampleApps/ParseAnything/index.h
> tml

bad

Overall, I think they both look fine, but I think that the yellow background for 
the sample command line output looks pretty bad. As bright as white may be, it 
probably would be a lot better.

- Jonathan M Davis