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by tuvalie 3799 days ago
Hi, eric. Thanks for the feedback. If you don't mind me asking, do you think it feels that way because of the color choices, spacing, order of content, or something else? The colors are tied to specific themes, which can be changed by registered users -- but I can still tweak the default theme if it would improve things.
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s_kilk 3799 days ago
(not eric, but had the same thought)

Everything just feels way oversized, in a Fisher-Price kind of way. The font, the colors and "chunky"-ness of the UI.

The full-width content-area doesn't help either. The whole page gets right up in your face and shouts the content at you.

Concrete suggestions:

- dial down the font size

- put some blank space in the left-right marigns of the page (responsive if possible).

- maybe choose a more passive shade of blue for the background.

EDIT: here's an example comparing your page with wikipedia http://recordit.co/Za7NuT8Hy7

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lucaspiller 3799 days ago
> Everything just feels way oversized, in a Fisher-Price kind of way

I'd also recommend getting rid of the icons on the main menu and replacing them with text (with a small icon next to them if you must). I had to hover over the icons to figure out what they do.

This is one of the things I like about Bootstrap, as a developer I can now focus on building stuff without having to care about making it look nice (which I'm not good at). I just add Bootstrap and for 90% of things (I usually do business web apps) that's good enough.

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tuvalie 3799 days ago
Thank you! I'm going to work through those suggestions later. Do you mind if I ask for your feedback afterwards?
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s_kilk 3799 days ago
Sure, go for it :)
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tuvalie 3799 days ago
I made a couple of small tweaks. If you have a moment and are willing to take a look, I'd love to hear your thoughts! (You may need to perform a hard reload in your browser.)
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eric001 3799 days ago
Hi!

Here's just a quick comparison between your version and a version where I changed some small things. http://imgur.com/a/w1bUV

font-size 11pt body width 80%, margin: 0 auto; header height 40px and header > img 35x35px.

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tuvalie 3799 days ago
Hi, eric. I haven't touched the header yet, but after doing a hard reload in your browser, can you tell me if you like the body style more? (And thank you!)
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