Website Designs

My early morning ritual is varied, as sometimes I just start by clicking through on a news aggregator, looking for what headlines catch my interest.

A link from a link led me to a page where there were three examples linked. Of the three, as I clicked through on each one, but of the three, I only read one article. All three pieces were basically on the same topic, but only one was “readable” to me.

The page was a simple header, no more than a text header and simple background color, centered above a single column of text. No fancy sidebar, and especially no pop-up, pop-under, roll-overs, or throbbies.

Especially?
No Automatic Video!

Because it was a single column of straight text, I was able to gather the material, assess it, make an informed decision, and move on, all very quickly.

I clicked back and lingered on the design for a moment, noting the elements, or rather, the lack of elements.

The background color to the header was, like, a kind of olive-drab green. Reminiscent of worn out fatigues. Didn’t like it, but maybe that was the point of the color choice — almost camouflage.

The current arrangement, with the horoscopes themselves, the individual weeks should roll up on a single page, just one long piece of text, much like they were created, and much like I would like to see them displayed. No extraneous material, but maybe some fun links For Entertainment Purposes Only (see fineprint for details.)

With the growth of several new blogging motors, the idea of just text, maybe broken up with inline images, but basically, just text, a la Medium?

I like seeing this, but I should note, I have been headed this direction for some time — wow, that link is dated 2002.

I keep trying to streamline the site’s look, get it to basic text, and not much else. Apparently, that is the current trend. I was only, like 15 years ahead of my time.

Website Designs

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