Comments on: A New Minimalist Look

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:12:34 +0000

Heh. I’m glad you understand how everyone feels about the look of their blog. That’s what makes it personal. But I’m curious. What elements should a blog design have for it to have a “blog” look?

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:56:53 +0000

If it makes you happy and works at your end, that’s what matters.

I personally prefer a “blog” look to blogs, and this minimalist look is very odd, too minimalist for my tastes and seems un-blog-like. I guess it’s a matter of getting used to it. :)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:51:59 +0000

Heh. Well, not that I don’t think magazine themes; its just that I don;t think they are suited for personal blogs. But then to each his own, right?

By: Lekhni

Lekhni — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:05 +0000

Wow! Yes, this is a drastic change, and as minimal as you can get. I can see now why you didn’t like the magazine format :)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:43:36 +0000

Thanks for coming around :) I can understand the change is drastic and takes time getting used to. But that didn’t take long :)

By: Sampada

Sampada — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:14:54 +0000

I was never one for change, because it takes me some time to get used to it. And I’ve changed my mind about this look too. Now that you mention it, I don’t miss all of the different widgets you had. This would be a distraction-less reading. Pretty cool!

By: Patrix

Patrix — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:52:46 +0000

I guess change is hard accept; no matter how old or young you are :) And petition for reverting back? Haha! I doubt there are even that many readers left let alone that many who actually care that much. PS. the petition will make no difference. I exert dictatorial privileges on the design of my blog :)

By: Sherene

Sherene — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:50:21 +0000

Haha, I note that you’re getting contradictory comments on the new look – well, well, I guess it’s just a matter of getting used to it, I suppose.

The only other time I can think of when people had such strong opinions on a layout change was when Facebook decided to tinker with its homepage…do you reckon someone’s set up an FB group yet petitioning that you revert to the old look? ;)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:53:56 +0000

Thanks. I could deactivate nearly 14 plugins hence the improvement in speed.And web 2.0? Sherene said, it looked very old school :)

By: Supremus

Supremus — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:39:31 +0000

Welcome to the minimalist world! I like this look – your site responds faster and actually feels like a web 2.0 site instead of the previous one which took forever to load (thanks to your plugins) on a 20Mb connection :)