Comments on new theme welcome

11 Responses to "Comments on new theme welcome"

1 | goonix
November 21, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Which reminds me, I need to get back onto the logo. This weekend’s out but I’ll have another crack next week.

2 | Matt Nolan
November 21, 2008 at 12:41 pm

I think it looks girly – but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

I think you making a typical social error when you determine that things that are masculine are inherently “good” while feminized social objects are inherently “bad”. You are allowing that inherent social bias to infect you post – a very concerning outcome indeed!

Yes I have been reading about feminist economics if you were wondering.

Also, I like this theme better I think – as it is more spacious. However, I would like to hear what actual readers of the blog have to say.

3 | Matt Nolan
November 21, 2008 at 12:54 pm

“Which reminds me, I need to get back onto the logo. This weekend’s out but I’ll have another crack next week.”

There is no rush – it will probably be a while until we can get the resources to set this up properly. Especially after our last attempt was such a fail 😦

4 | rauparaha
November 21, 2008 at 3:05 pm

I think the background leaf shapes are a bit distracting and draw attention away from the text. I think I preferred the old one.

5 | Kimble
November 21, 2008 at 5:48 pm

ghastly

youre welcome

6 | Matt Nolan
November 21, 2008 at 8:50 pm

My brother also says that it is “girly” – again what is wrong with girly, we need more comments from the fairer sex to balance our gender biases methinks.

Even if we don’t like this one, I agree with agnitio that we need to change it – the last one was too harsh, it didn’t suit our sensitive blog style 😛

7 | agnitio
November 24, 2008 at 8:40 am

“I think the background leaf shapes are a bit distracting and draw attention away from the text”

Fixed, also less girly without them;)

8 | Dismal Soyanz
November 24, 2008 at 10:34 am

Yes – much better without the background.

I won’t engage in any misogynistic musings on the sexual orientation of the previous version on the grounds that it might incriminate me.

9 | Steve
November 24, 2008 at 11:04 am

i was gonna say a little girly, but that seems to be the wrong thing to say.

Maybe a little bland. the theme is prob good, but you need some bolder colours etc. Comments certainly look better, well presented better…

10 | Kimble
November 25, 2008 at 1:41 am

still fugly

add some transformers to the background

11 | Paul Williams
November 25, 2008 at 12:25 pm

I like it. It’s simple and discrete. Good design should not distract from the content, at best it might even enhance it. Great to see tvhe doing so well with solid and serious content and commentary. Congrats.