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That's what I was looking for. I was hoping the conversation would bring up some new approach or tech. This is the first I hear of CSS grid frameworks - I must look into them further. Edit: By the way, your site looks great to me. I was trying to get at the thinking behind these designs, not to criticize.
Here's that link for 960 grid: http://960.gs/ They have lots of layouts on that page.
its the same with fashion ages (say black white/ubersized black serif font)
we tried to have a own look.but still not to be off shot
would appreciate feedback if we managed that or not
The important stuff in the common design pattern has been tested to death - everyone who matters is using clicktracking, a/b/x testing and deep user analytics. The reason they all look the same is the same reason that all infomercials or porn sites use the same basic structure - that's what testing indicates will convert best. Some people know this empirically, some are just blindly aping the fashion, but there is wa…
As a minor footnote, sans serif DOES NOT improve readability. That's a myth. A nice serif typeface such as Baskerville is just as readable as Helvetica & friends.
Helvetica is not an especially readable typeface for more than a few words. It works best for uses like logos, signs, posters, etc. For website copy, Verdana is a much better choice.
I'm sorry for sounding a bit like a troll, but the number of votes this article is getting is surprising. Let me elaborate: -- All newspapers look the same to me. I don't have designer chops to explain it clearly, but the main style is: A whole lot of white and no other colors except in the advertisements. They all use a lot of text to portray their information and they always use black for the text. They all have th…
Answering the same question w/r/t newspapers would be fascinating, and well worth an extended discussion.
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I stand by my assertion that this is a myth. Maybe for small font sizes it matters, but on modern displays, on medium font sizes, in the age of sub-pixel rendering, it shouldn't.
I went Googling for science on this subject and promptly found a review of the usability literature: http://www.alexpoole.info/academic/literaturereview.html and a second study: http://www.unc.edu/~jkullama/inls181/final/serif.html And a poll of user preferences: http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt6/html-email-fonts.htm The apparent conclusion: Serifs hsve a small-to-nonexistent effect on the readability of digital text, on…
Serif fonts have the advantage that they have stronger row structure than sans-serif as the serifs act as a line.
So with the improvement of dpi in tablets happen, so will the use of serif fonts increase.
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I read something similar about Starbucks. Their approach is or was to be located next to a dry cleaner or movie rental business (when they existed). The thought was that people have to go to those stores twice to drop-off and pick-up and they thought it increased the chances that people would stop in for a coffee.
I read something else similar involving Starbucks. Apparently other coffee chains have taken the strategy of building next to Starbucks. The thinking is to let Starbucks pay for marketing, then when the lines are long at Starbucks, people will try the rival instead. Some will prefer it, and so a customer is born.
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Don't know if it's true, but there's a cute urban legend about the location thing. Apparently, McDonald's franchise location strategy always used to be to analyze all kinds of variables to find the most cost-effective location in a given area. Burger King's strategy was always to build right next to McDonald's. Of course, for various game-theoretic reasons, the optimal location for competing businesses is usually rig…
I read something similar about Starbucks. Their approach is or was to be located next to a dry cleaner or movie rental business (when they existed). The thought was that people have to go to those stores twice to drop-off and pick-up and they thought it increased the chances that people would stop in for a coffee.
I always go to the same Jiffy Lube because there's a Starbucks across the street from it.
We must be smoking crack then: http://carbonmade.com/ Pink unicorns. Really?!
We must be smoking crack then: http://carbonmade.com/ Pink unicorns. Really?!