Comments on: Admin note: Ideal government redesign

By: Richard S

Richard S — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:16:27 +0000

Nice clean design, but “farm-yard brown” somehow reminds me of government! Will we all have to post in Latin?

Like others, I’d allow more space for the actual postings: After the first visit, I’d not notice the clever artwork.

In Opera 9.1, with largish fonts, the “site search” box is lost – Firefox 2.0.0.1 is OK, MS IE7 introduces a scroll-bar.

In MS IE7 and Opera 9.1, hyperlinks have the normal text colour, not blue, so are hard to spot. (My Firefox uses modified “chrome” which enforced the blue colour.)

Many people do not post using their full, real names: How well will the photos work?

By: Ruth Kennedy

Ruth Kennedy — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:03:25 +0000

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR IDEAL GOV ARTWORK!

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:02:18 +0000

Looks great.

Keep it up!

By: Lee Bryant

Lee Bryant — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:46:55 +0000

Not bad at all. The mauve is OK for me, but I know others may not like it. The top banner is too big as well, but aside from that it is good.

By: Tom Fuller

Tom Fuller — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:20:52 +0000

I like it–but I’m not fussy. I’m not fussy when I read blogs, either. I don’t have the same expectations as I do from other websites. I liked the old one. I like the new one.

By: Shane McC

Shane McC — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:46:50 +0000

I like it but…

Too much space taken by banner
Don’t forget posting date and time
Links within posts too subtle
I can’t see no red – only orange

By: andyl

andyl — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:02:35 +0000

As others have said the header is a bit too tall. I also find the left hand column a bit wide. Would it be reasonable to write the html so that the content extends to the right hand side of my browser window and is not set at a fixed size.

By: Stephen Roberts

Stephen Roberts — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:00:35 +0000

I like it as it’s clean and striking. The banner at the top perhaps occupies a little too much space but overall I think it’s a step forward.

By: Ideal Gov administrator

Ideal Gov administrator — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:47:19 +0000

Stef writes –

like it a lot. nice and clean, more grown up than before but still friendly.

hit that button

By: John Robert BEHRMAN

John Robert BEHRMAN — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:42:57 +0000

Oops, I forgot: de gustibus non disputandem