“Funny” is stretching it…

@Fantan: It just feels lonely that it’s the only place that has Georgia. That’s it.

Actually, I do agree that posts should still have dates indicated, no matter how timeless they seem to be, even at least in a minor way. I tend to look for them as part of figuring out whether I should read them or not. Which is why sometimes I wish people would prefer date-based permalinks even though I’ve never liked them that much. Okay the comment has gotten too long; I’m now tempted to write about this in the future. ;)

Oh and ia, why is it weird that Georgia (?) is only in post/comments and not in sidebar? Looks good to me!

GREAT WORK!

Niek.
Thanks for your comments. I disagree with you regarding the font size, as will a lot of usability people, but since this is about design and that’s a matter of taste we’ll just not care about the gurus. Personally, I like to read big type. My eyes are strained enough as it is from sitting in front of a computer screen all day. I realize not all people do that though. The big headers isn’t a problem to me, either. They stand out, and that’s the purpose.

Post metadata (such as date, tags, author etc.) isn’t listed on the front page since I don’t find that necessary, really. This blog is updated more or less daily during weekdays, and regular readers know that. New readers will end up on single posts since they’ll arrive via Google or a direct link. I don’t think the additional information in post listings are necessary in this case, not since it adds more clutter. You are free to debate that with me, of course – this is a public beta after all!

As for the sidebar, that’s one of the areas whereas I’m not satisfied. Arrows and bullets are on my todo list (see the mockup linked in the post above) to make it a bit more visually appealing, and I’ll also add some more space as it does indeed look a bit cramped if the links are multiple lines, which is unavoidable unless I chop them to pieces, which would make them less usable. I’m on it. It’ll be interesting to see how clean I can make it.

Regarding hover color, I opted out for the time being. One reason is that the standard Wisdump post is supposed to have an image to further attract the eye, and the big headlines do their thing. I thought in the same lines as you do, though, and haven’t made my final decision in the matter.

Again, thanks for your comment, and thanks for all the kind words as well – not just the negative criticism.

Do keep it coming, all! Public beta in this case means that’ll I’ll do some changes before submitting this on to history.