[website redesign] PR for the one with the big red menu bar

[anonymous via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 19:34:33 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Looking at both variants side-by-side, I think your grey 
> version is much
> better. The original design is far too red. However, the grey 
> version is
> also noticeably darker; maybe both the menu and the stream 
> boxes on the
> right should be lightened up a bit? I'm thinking even a 
> silver-metallic
> look might work. I'm no graphic designer, though, so take my 
> word with a
> grain of salt. :-)

Neither am I. I have no idea how to pull off a "silver-metallic 
look".

>> I can't seem to find a good border color for a lighter menu
>> background, because the lightness of the border comes close to 
>> that of
>> the page background, and they blend.
>
> What about making both brighter?

I'm already in over my head here. So, maybe, I guess? But if it's 
an improvement over the status quo, I'd like to try without 
touching all the colors. They can always be fine-tuned later on. 
Preferably by someone who knows their color ABC a little better 
than me.