great work, specially since the site downloads faster for us users here in
Brazil :) .
Color looks good, I think the only suggestion I'd have is to not change the
default colors of the scroll bars (specially the large one on the right of the
page). Although it does look nice and I guess can be tempting to user the CSS
feature for IE, I find it very distracting to have them in a different color.
My eyes have learned to ignore them unless I need them, and now I find myself
often distracted away from the content of the page to them.
Perhaps from a usability standpoint, it could be better not to change default
colors of scroll bars (as well as standard link colors), since users have
learned to expect a standard look and feel to scroll bars.
Other than that, excellent site and great work on the redesign!
Jake,
great work, specially since the site downloads faster for us users here in Brazil :) .
Color looks good, I think the only suggestion I'd have is to not change the default colors of the scroll bars (specially the large one on the right of the page). Although it does look nice and I guess can be tempting to user the CSS feature for IE, I find it very distracting to have them in a different color. My eyes have learned to ignore them unless I need them, and now I find myself often distracted away from the content of the page to them.
Perhaps from a usability standpoint, it could be better not to change default colors of scroll bars (as well as standard link colors), since users have learned to expect a standard look and feel to scroll bars.
Other than that, excellent site and great work on the redesign!
Best Regards,
Daniel Silva Brasilia, DF - Brazil