In the next couple of days you will see a post from a co-writer called Jeff (formerly known as the MacHead). He refused to participate without some graphical intervention and he has redesigned the site with real design principles.
He is going to explain some aspects of the rework in depth so look for some top CSS tips! The old version is still visible. Questions? Comments?
Ugh!
just my 2 cents.
Make the graphic at the top less tall.
I use thunderbird to scan through RSS feeds and if the top graphic is too tall I can't do that without scrolling in each entry.
I've got anticlue (http://www.anticlue.net/) filtering straight to trash when the feed arrives because I got so frustrated with the problem. It's a shame because I'm sure there are some good posts on there.
As it stands I can see the first line or so of your blog posts, so the graphic is size close to being too big. Unfortunately it's a common problem with blogs and it's probably worse for people who have less than 1280x1024 screen resolution.
Everyone else - this redesign was "completed" over the course of 2 nights (from probably 7-11ish) so it was maybe 8 hours total. I am going to be writing up a synopsis of what I went through and the thought process behind it, but comments like this are definitely helpful. I have pretty much every main browser on the Mac and the two main browsers for PC (via Virtual PC) to test on, so any help is appreciated.
The reason I put "completed" in quotes is basically because it's not done yet. But it was at a point that Adam and I were both happy enough with that we wanted to take it live. There will definitely be tweaks (both tech- and style-based) in the coming weeks.
Thunderbird gives you the option to load the actual blog entry page in the message window. I find that very handy for clicking on links and other general site navigation that people put on the page.
If you want to reproduce the effect, try viewing the blog in a browser window that is a bit less than half the height of your screen (total window height that is, not just the html display) and 3/4 the width.