On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 11:55:03 -0500, David Abrahams wrote
"Jeff Garland" <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> writes:
2) Color choices: http://redshift-software.com/~grafik/boost/index.htm
White on blue isn't a good choice here in my view. A light shading with dark text would be much better.
These things are very subjective. I liked the white on blue, but sometimes you have to pick lowest common denominator to make things work for everyone.
Well this one looks good to me -- hopefully it was clear that I wasn't commenting on the logo, but the text in the side bar. And in that realm I think it's not totally subjective. I'm no usability expert, but I'm sure folks on this list could point us to studies which show how to improve usability. I think my main issue is that the contrast between the navigation aid and the text is too high. If we were setting things for maximum usability I think you have to go to a dark backgrounds for all sections with white text for the whole page -- which I doubt we are prepared to do... Jeff