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Re: A new HTML5 Admin Teamplate

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My first reaction was ARGH MY EYES! Not in a pompous design way, but looking at that blurry image actually made my head hurt. Maybe it's just me but I find the blurred-image-in-the-background very difficult to work with. I wasn't surprised when Microsoft did it (they never had much design sense), but it was a surprise to see it in iOS.

I think it has to do with text over it, so your pattern recognition thing in brain gets thrown off because it needs clear edges. I find it unsettling as well.

On the other hand I was toying around with idea of blurred backgrounds about a month ago based on several things I saw people were trying to do with it. It can be extremely pleasant if it's not upsetting outlines. Here's what I quickly proto'd based on what I saw elsewhere in several instances: http://cssdesk.com/VYN67

Re: A new HTML5 Admin Teamplate

#25

My first reaction was ARGH MY EYES! Not in a pompous design way, but looking at that blurry image actually made my head hurt. Maybe it's just me but I find the blurred-image-in-the-background very difficult to work with. I wasn't surprised when Microsoft did it (they never had much design sense), but it was a surprise to see it in iOS.

I think it has to do with text over it, so your pattern recognition thing in brain gets thrown off because it needs clear edges. I find it unsettling as well. On the other hand I was toying around with idea of blurred backgrounds about a month ago based on several things I saw people were trying to do with it. It can be extremely pleasant if it's not upsetting outlines. Here's what I quickly proto'd based on what I s…

I found the 100px radius acceptable, personally. I wonder what the tipping point is. Perhaps it's when it's no longer possible to do feature detection.
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