On Sat, 2014-05-31 at 20:40 +0000, w0rp via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On Saturday, 31 May 2014 at 20:38:41 UTC, Meta wrote: > > On Saturday, 31 May 2014 at 20:38:05 UTC, Meta wrote: > >> On Saturday, 31 May 2014 at 20:12:06 UTC, Meta wrote: > >>> The flat design looks nice, but I really dislike the choice > >>> of background colour. It's bland and clashes quite badly with > >>> the white of the menu and content box. > >> > >> For comparison, here's two images. One is the site with the > >> background as the current gradient image, the second is the > >> site with a background colour that matches your logo. Neither > >> of them is particularly appealing, either, unfortunately. > > > > Whoops. http://imgur.com/oSHfFek,Mc81UYM > > Yes, a darker background does look quite nice.
Contrast level is still a bit high though. The current dlang.org also has this problem because of the use of white. I am not pushing dark grey on light grey with spot colour (which is how Apple started out and still use a lot) but something with less contrast might lead to a nice brand imagery. Red, brown and black are clearly the base for a D brand, so maybe washed out red-brown background rather than white. I haven't tried this, it's just an idea – which may turn out to be rubbish. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder