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By: Joen

Joen — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:25:09 +0000

Thanks for the comments.

I also love the custom ZP theme, looks like that

By: Tristan

Tristan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:56:08 +0000

Beautiful and unique, as always! Looking great. I love the stunning effect of the paint swipe, and the texture is great. It’s not worn-looking, but it’s not flat-looking either, it makes a good combination.

I also love the custom ZP theme, looks like that’s working well.

By: Jonas Rabbe

Jonas Rabbe — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:38:52 +0000

I like it a lot. I hope to have time to look through the site a little more thoroughly later, but I already love the underlayed graphic at the top and how the menu looks. Very nice.

By: Joen

Joen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:35:25 +0000

Opinions are always welcome here. You're right, I probably will alienate potential clients. I even admit that it's slightly arrogant. However, arrogant as the message may be, I believe it also communicates some gutsyness. Maybe, just maybe, the client I'm alienating will think "Hey, that's progressive", perhaps even "Wow, maybe it's time I upgrade the browser I've had since 2001". Possibly, the client will just think "Wow, I'm going elsewhere". Right at this moment, I'm thinking all of the above is okay, and I'm going to try it out for a while and see how it plays out. As mentioned, I really don't want to build IE6 compatible sites anymore; it's a waste of time and effort better spent elsewhere. If I alienate customers who want IE6 compatible sites, perhaps that's okay. Dave's comment that I could serve the webpage without CSS for IE6 users, possibly a message explaining why, seems like the logical alternative to the current provocative one. Whether I do this or that, I'll update here on what happens. As for Flash, I don't build Flash sites any more. They're rarely user-friendly, they take a lot more time to build, they're lousy for search engines and they're hard to hook up to CMSes.

By: Vindberg, A.

Vindberg, A. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000

Why not just build everything in FLASH? Then it won

By: David Mead

David Mead — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:15:38 +0000

I won

By: Joen

Joen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:17:28 +0000

And irony of ironies, I

By: Joen

Joen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:17:11 +0000

also like this blank-column-space in the content div on the right here :)

I was wondering if anyone was going to notice! I feel pretty good about that as well. There’s an added benefit, btw, as frontpage images are fullwidth 780px, and blog images are 600px.

By: James John Malcolm

James John Malcolm — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:43:41 +0000

Nice uprooting of your design! Good to see ou breathing life into your design again :)

And irony of ironies, I’m using the one modern browser not to have implemented full-page zoom just yet: Safari.

By: mo

mo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:27 +0000

from a straight edge content focused theme to a streamline semi transparent artistic theme focusing even more on the content than before.

i think the bg art suits your artistic side very well.

ditching IE6 (with a big banner) is a brave move, maybe we are the ones who are supposed to inform them so that this transfer takes over faster.

seriously considering this myself.. saves me 99% of my time coding – why not?

information bar / semi transparent design balancing header – at the top, i love this part the most.

also like this blank-column-space in the content div on the right here :)

well done.. mood color themes?

my o my

tell me if that ever happens