Cuppytalk - Latest Comments in New theme!

Re: New theme!

Cyndre — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:55:56 -0000

FYI - It looks fine on IE for me...

Re: New theme!

Zachor — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:33:35 -0000

Vey cool theme I love it looks great!!
( I am on IE6 btw)

Re: New theme!

yunk — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:14:45 -0000

thanks! The non-black makes it easier to read at work without worrying about who's walking behind my cube.

Re: New theme!

Morgan Ramsay — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:13:51 -0000

Don't you want that Christmas bonus? ;p

Re: New theme!

Tami "Cuppycake" Baribeau — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:26:29 -0000

Just because I work for him doesn't mean I agree with him on everything. ;)

Re: New theme!

Morgan Ramsay — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:12:29 -0000

Tami, read this...

...or just watch your boss say it himself. ;)

Re: New theme!

darrenl — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:48:20 -0000

Love the new look Cupster...really nice.

Re: New theme!

Tami "Cuppycake" Baribeau — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:21:33 -0000

I'm sorry Morgan, but if we're talking about my blog, in which the sole purposes are to incite discussion, provide news, and display my insight - the content IS king. I don't think you could make an argument that the looks of a blog matter more than what is discussed on it - especially considering the fact that 50% of people read through an RSS reader anyway and don't even view the theme.

Nobody goes to a blog to oogle over the innovative design of the site. They go to read what you have to say - and argue that all you want, you won't win =P

Re: New theme!

Morgan Ramsay — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:11:14 -0000

*sigh* Content is NOT king. That's the second time I've read that fallacy in the last ten minutes.

Re: New theme!

Tami "Cuppycake" Baribeau — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:44:00 -0000

Okay, well you're making me feel a little better =) Thanks Akely!

Re: New theme!

Akely — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:23:50 -0000

yeah... I'll calm myself a little. Did not mean to come across like a zealot, or something.

Good you got the stats (or rather facts) on THIS site, Cuppy. And it sure looks MMO'rs can keep the Geek Cards. :-)

This was great: "Worldwide browser statistics are completely irrelevant to 99% of websites worldwide. " Very funny. Almost as good as the best parenting advice I got: "Do not listen to advice." Good one, Morgan. :-)

Viewing the page in IEX7... it is not "ugly". It is merely lacking. The content is there, and content is King.

Re: New theme!

Tami "Cuppycake" Baribeau — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:11:02 -0000

The only thing *I* personally care about is the percentage of MY readers who use IE, which according to AWStats is 49.8%. 35.3% are on Firefox, 12% are 'unknown browsers' and 2.2% are using Opera.

49.8% is a huge number of people who see something ugly on my page =(

Re: New theme!

Morgan Ramsay — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:55:36 -0000

According to stats ... What does it mean to disregard how 71% perceives the page.

Worldwide browser statistics are completely irrelevant to 99% of websites worldwide. The remaining 1% are grand portals such as Yahoo! and Google which actually receive traffic from a worldwide audience.

The only valid reason why the web design community often concerns themselves with worldwide browser statistics is that data suggests the browsers with which web designers should be most familiar.

The browser statistics that matter are those that are specific to a particular website. Using worldwide browser data to identify your target platforms is much like using worldwide market research to identify your total addressable market. In truth, when you're "already in business" in a manner of speaking, you should design for the audience you have, not for the audience you dream of having.

Re: New theme!

Scott — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:31:36 -0000

@Akely,

Don't be so quick to throw around browser statistics. I run around 10 large websites in addition to my gaming blog and browser percentages can vary widely depending on your sites audience. Most of mine range between 30-50% Firefox, and 50-65% IE depending on the site.

As for the theme, it does look nice, just too bad about the CSS or HTML issues on the side panel. Even the designer of the theme has the same problem on their website and likely all the themes with the side panel. :(

Re: New theme!

Keen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:10:31 -0000

Perfect as always Cuppy!

Re: New theme!

SG_01 — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:07:48 -0000

Not bad, however, I'll be reading most of your stuff through Outlook, a lot easier to keep up with everything ;)

Re: New theme!

Tami "Cuppycake" Baribeau — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:42:19 -0000

I'll work on getting it fixed so it is looking good in IE =)

Thanks guys for the input!

Re: New theme!

Aaron — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:50:27 -0000

Looks good in IE. As Sente said, the side panels are a little off, but not annoyingly so. I like the picture at the top. And the white background does seem to make it easier to read.

Re: New theme!

Sente — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:34:29 -0000

Looks nice Cuppy.

As for IE, in my IE7 the right hand side panels do not render properly, the background partially is rendered above the text - text is only shown when you do a mouseover. Looks perfectly fine in Firefox ;)

Re: New theme!

David Burke — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:24:30 -0000

It looks better than the old theme and more to the point is easier to read.
It looks fine in Opera.

Re: New theme!

Bildo — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:49:59 -0000

Very aesthetically pleasing. Nice choice!

Re: New theme!

Heather (errantdreams) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:31:41 -0000

Beautiful new theme! Very stylish. And black-on-white is much easier on the eyes. Not normally a fan of green in color schemes, but you've done great things with it!

Re: New theme!

brackishwater — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:34:50 -0000

I'm not a fan of the huge headers, but I cant deny that it looks good here. nice choice Cuppy and props to Jinsona on creating the theme.

Search feature is nice up there as well.

Re: New theme!

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:21:47 -0000

I like the Header Picture, though not a fan of the color scheme :)

Re: New theme!

Akely — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:27:18 -0000

Please stop the "install FireFox" stupidity.

According to stats from http://www.thecounter.com/s... 13% use FireFox and 71% use Internet Explorer (51% IEX 6 and 20% IEX 7). Only a fool would not care to make this look good on IEX too.

That I use FireFox myself has little to do with the argument. Think about it: What does it mean to disregard how 71% perceives the page.

/rant

A great look Cuppy! I really like it. Good use of colors that are not used that often. It is HARD to get any green look nice.