Just ReDesigned my blog
Can you spare a minute to offer some feedback? I would really appreciate it 
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Can you spare a minute to offer some feedback? I would really appreciate it
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To begin with, I _really_ like this design. I love the minimalism, the simple icons, the grey title and footer…It’s beautiful. The header is great too.
The only complaint I have is how the comments are under the post, and the footer, so if there’s a small post, the comments are way out there. If you compressed the comment box, and put it in the same column as the post, it would be great!
Also, the small speech bubble on the side of the comment box looks fantastic, but seems out of place. If you swapped the position of the comment body, and the submitter’s information, or even just moved the speech bubble to the bottom of the text box, it wouldn’t be a problem.
Again, I love the design. It’s superb.
Bruce Spang
January 11, 2010
I love it! Reminds me of the Gaia GTK themes. The lines are subtle yet easy to find, and the interface is easy to follow. The fonts are gentle on the eyes, too. Beautiful theme you’ve got here.
Jack Crow
January 11, 2010
@Bruce Spang @Jack Crow
Thank you for your comments guys! Glad you liked it
@Bruce Spang
I do agree that the layout seems weird when the post is short but I really like how the comments just feel like a part of the post when the post is long. Its a sacrifice for the better.
If you go to one of the popular posts, you will notice how the avatar and details don’t come in the way of the comments. Yes, the bubble might work if it were at the bottom but it would break the flow from one comment to another.
I have made some changes in the sidebar reducing the overall height. I have also added a link towards the end of the post which might fix this issue.
I really appreciate you taking the time to review my design!
BTW, you are working on some very interesting projects! I really liked “get me coffee” app – good stuff! Which countries does it work in?
kumailht
January 11, 2010
@Kumailht Apparently I should have looked at a post with comments in it, since there doesn’t seem to be much of a problem when there are comments. I love the way the avatars are on the side. It’s great.
As for the get me coffee app, at the moment it only works in the US. I’m using http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/ for my data, and the only support the US.
Bruce Spang
January 12, 2010
I certainly love the use of whitespace here Kumail! Nice work man.
Paul Anthony Webb
January 12, 2010
@Paul Anthony Webb
Thank you for the comment
kumailht
January 12, 2010
@Bruce Spang
Ya, I guess comments really affect the way it all feels. Since you had commented, I never noticed that.
I don’t live in the US, I would have definitely used it. Do you get a lot of traffic on it?
kumailht
January 12, 2010
@Kumailht I have no idea, since there’s no analytics on it. Based on the number of visitors to my main site, I’d guess that there are few people using it.
Bruce Spang
January 13, 2010
@Bruce Spang
How accurate is it?
kumailht
January 13, 2010
It doesn’t seem to pick up many really small, local coffee shops, because those aren’t in the yellow pages directory, but for the coffee shops it knows about, it works fine.
Bruce Spang
January 13, 2010
Overall, I do quite like. Especially the font used in post titles and other larger text elements thought the site. I do however have two complaints.
First of all, the font for the bodies of the posts. Serif fonts are gorgeous when they are relatively large, when they get so small they just become a huge pain to read. Same goes for the comment bodies except there (or here rather) the italicization makes it even harder to read.
Second, while not as large of an issue, is still slightly annoying. Would be quite wonderful if it would be easier to see when a specific post was published. At the moment it’s obviously impossible to see from the front page when the most recent post was made and even on a specific post page it takes a bit of hunting around to find the date if its your first time on the site.
But other then that, not bad, not bad at all, probably one of the more visually appealing blogs I’ve seen in some time.
PS: Being a designer too, would it not be too much to ask for to get some critique from you on the design of my own blog?
Thanks,
Michael Flux
Michael Flux
March 30, 2010
I absolutely LOVE your design! Bravo, great job! It’s one of the best minimalist ones I’ve ever seen.
Have you thought about selling it as a theme here or at some of the theme sites?
Sofia
April 25, 2010
@sofia
Thanks for your lovely comment!
Yes I have, theme sites are not accepting it because of the lack of features. I didnt know how to argue with them
If anyone wants to purchase it, they can always contact me directly
Kumail.H.T
April 26, 2010
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