Taste Crisis

[binidj]

The Fox and I are having a disagreement. Now usually when I ask him to look at one of my website designs his advice is sound and I end up taking it ... this time however I just can't. So I come to you as discerning members of the human race to see if you can help resolve this issue.

My preferred layout is here but the Fox feels that the lines are too stark (whereas I quite like the contrast).

His preferrred layout is here and whilst I'm quite proud of it as a technical achievement, I really don't like the appearance.

A couple of points to bear in mind:

1. If you use Opera or Safari you won't see much difference between the two ... this is just another instance of those browsers not handling code the way they should but at least this time the site isn't broken because if it!


2. Neither design has been shown to the client yet so it's entirely possible that they'll ask for a complete redesign.

Comments

[averylaterabbit.livejournal.com]

My opinion (please bear in mind i'm not up on inter net speak.

I prefer the first scroll bar box thingy. the fading on the second one is in my opinion to fussy for such a busy background of the bushes and although would look great on something simpler, not here.

I do think that the black is too stark for the top (i know me saying that about black, who knew)but in this case it is too strong. as the background is sky how about either white or cream or a sandy colour similar to the ground at the bottom left, bringing it together.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I love the idea of changing the title colour to something more earthy ... I'll take a look at that.