Re: PostgreSQL website redesign

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Greg Smith  wrote:
>  
> > The primary basis you should judge the designer of that site on is
> > whether the visual look is nice.
>  
> For me, the answer is that it is hard to look at, and makes me
> inclined to get my business there done and get the heck out.  I think
> it is primarily the color choices, and primarily the fact that it is
> bright letters shining out from a darker background.  Now, I realize
> how easy that is to change, and that we're not supposed to be
> bike-shedding colors or fonts right now, but it's hard to know
> whether I might think it is "nice" if it weren't for that.
>  
> For me, the big advance in UI wasn't moving from green letters
> blazing out of the dark background to amber letters blazing out of a
> dark background, but the change to dark letters on a light background
> -- preferably black and white except for things you want to attract
> special attention.

I had the same reaction about the Postgres Open web site, but couldn't
express it was well as Kevin has above.

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