Just like to say that Jan's are also my nitpicks :) After all, distinguishable links, neutral background color, and emphasis with italics instead of bold are basically good style guidelines.
In addition, I'd just go without the lamp... - Klaus On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 11:26 +0200, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Hey, > > I like what I see. There's a few details, that I'd like to see improved > (yay bikeshedding), but the general direction is pretty good :) > > My (personal, highly subjective) nitpics: > > - The start page illustration is too big. On a 13" MacBook, The "Relax" > is already cut off. I'd look at resizing things so everything can move > 50–100px (probably closer to 100px) up. > > - Links should have a contrast colour (red? :) to be distinguishable > form regular text. > > - Emphasis should be done with italics, not bold. > > - I reallyreallyreally don't like the background colour :) — I'd go with > a plain white background and have the lamp make a bright-yellow > light field. Alternatively, a bright grey, potentially textured, so the > lamp light could be full white. — Or we just get rid of the lamp :) > > Again, I generally like the direction and I think we can make something > great out of it! :) > > Cheers > Jan