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General Design: do old fashion pure text sites still work?

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    • CommentAuthorsandbox
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2007
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    Now that we have web 2.0, I started remembering the first couple of web sites that i ever made. Plain text and simple. What i wanted to do with my next design was create something that draws off of those elements.

    Thus, after a couple hours of work, i made this: http://michaelczigler.edu.ms/personal/.


    My questions are as followed:

    1) are pure text websites applicable to modern web design and can they still be attractive?
    2) if so, does my web site seem appealing in any aspects? or is it just plain dull?

    Thanks in advance.
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      CommentAuthorVinojZ
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2007
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    I think this is a great question that you posed! In an age where we're so used to gradient fades and AJAX, would a text-only site work?

    Yes, I believe yours does. I thought the font/color choices were appropriate, and it was easy to view. The only thing I had a little (and I mean tiny) issue with was perhaps the navigation could've been better defined. But other than that, very good work.
    • CommentAuthorjsaul
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2007
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    I'm not really too sure why, but this site made me smile, that counts for a lot as far as I'm concerned
    • CommentAuthorvarland
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2007
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    sandbox... I think you're on to something. One of my favorite sites on the web is daringfireball.net, which is a text site. I think that your site will have to have better content in order to pull off the minimalist design, but that will only help your site.
    • CommentAuthorsandbox
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2007
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    thanks guys for your comments. i really appreciate it. shows that i was succesful in my cause.
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    Not quite image-free, but sites with layouts like these have kind of made a comeback:

    http://24ways.org/
    http://www.garrettdimon.com/

    (There are a few more popular back-to-basics layouts I've been seeing, but I can't remember the URLs)
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    I believe that a primarily text-based website is the quintessence of Web 2.0. Web 2.0 sites offer great content or features that are accessible to all (users and machines). Look at Craigslist, del.icio.us and Flickr. Sandbox, I really like what you've done, but it's nothing revolutionary. I would like to make one usability suggestion: change the color of the link rather than just having the underline. This would also add a splash of color to the site.

    Check out Subtraction; I think you'll appreciate it.
    • CommentAuthorsandbox
    • CommentTimeMar 20th 2007
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    Ah... ive seen all these web sites before! excellent models. Probably where i get my insperation from. =)

    Thanks adjustafresh for your suggestion, was contemplating changing link colors at first, but i think ill take you up on that advice....

    Thanks Darren Hoyt for the links
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    i like

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