Selecting a colour
 

It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well together
when designing a website.

There is software to help with this task that you can download for free
from www.budget-account.com.

Adrian.

Re: Selecting a colour
 

Adrian wrote:

> It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well
> together when designing a website.
>
> There is software to help with this task that you can download for
> free from www.budget-account.com.

They should use it themselves. Grey, grey, and grey... :-)

(They should also test their site with browser-initiated larger fonts.)

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

Re: Selecting a colour
 

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:gk3nqj$ufh$1@news.motzarella.org...
> Adrian wrote:
>
>> It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well
>> together when designing a website.
>>
>> There is software to help with this task that you can download for
>> free from www.budget-account.com.
>
> They should use it themselves. Grey, grey, and grey... :-)
>
> (They should also test their site with browser-initiated larger fonts.)
>
> --
> -bts
> -Friends don't let friends drive Windows

True. Then why not tell them how to improve their site in return for the
free software offer?
Adrian.

Re: Selecting a colour
 

On 07 Jan 2009, "Adrian" <xx@xx.xx> wrote:

>
> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in
> message news:gk3nqj$ufh$1@news.motzarella.org...
>> Adrian wrote:
>>
>>> It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well
>>> together when designing a website.
>>>
>>> There is software to help with this task that you can download for
>>> free from www.budget-account.com.
>>
>> They should use it themselves. Grey, grey, and grey... :-)
>>
>> (They should also test their site with browser-initiated larger
>> fonts.)
>
> True. Then why not tell them how to improve their site in return for
> the free software offer?
> Adrian.

Uh, isn't that what the software they are promoting and supposedly have
well-crafted supposed to do in the first place? The would be like
a suggestion to tell the guru of a self-help course how to get his
life together.

--
Neredbojias
http://www.neredbojias.org/
http://www.neredbojias.net/
The road to Heaven is paved with bad intentions.

Re: Selecting a colour
 

Adrian wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> Adrian wrote:
>>> It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well
>>> together when designing a website.
>>>
>>> There is software to help with this task that you can download for
>>> free from www.budget-account.com.
>>
>> They should use it themselves. Grey, grey, and grey... :-)
>>
>> (They should also test their site with browser-initiated larger
>> fonts.)
>
> [snip signature]
> True. Then why not tell them how to improve their site in return for
> the free software offer?

That software won't run on my operating system. Sorry, it appears to be
for Windows only.

Are you saying I should write (no contact form found) and tell them to
seek out a tutorial? How to write modern code instead of 1995-style
code? How to not use frames? How to not write pages that are stuffed
into the left corner of my browser window? How to ...

This is really your site, isn't it? It's from 9718 DL Groningen, The
Netherlands -- and you are posting from The Netherlands (tiscali.nl)...

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Windows

Re: Selecting a colour
 

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:gk538s$9vn$1@news.motzarella.org...
> Adrian wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>> Adrian wrote:
>>>> It can sometimes be a trying task to find colours that go well
>>>> together when designing a website.
>>>>
>>>> There is software to help with this task that you can download for
>>>> free from www.budget-account.com.
>>>
>>> They should use it themselves. Grey, grey, and grey... :-)
>>>
>>> (They should also test their site with browser-initiated larger
>>> fonts.)
>>
>> [snip signature]
>> True. Then why not tell them how to improve their site in return for
>> the free software offer?
>
> That software won't run on my operating system. Sorry, it appears to be
> for Windows only.
>
> Are you saying I should write (no contact form found) and tell them to
> seek out a tutorial? How to write modern code instead of 1995-style
> code? How to not use frames? How to not write pages that are stuffed
> into the left corner of my browser window? How to ...
>
> This is really your site, isn't it? It's from 9718 DL Groningen, The
> Netherlands -- and you are posting from The Netherlands (tiscali.nl)...
>
> --
> -bts
> -Friends don't let friends drive Windows

Why all this negativity? Why score by finding fault?
I found the same attitude amongst C and C++ programmers.
Somehow when a group is "closed", due to the knowledge
domain being antiquated, given more modern technologies,
people practicing it, start acting defensively. Or in more
psychological terms, embark on "out-group depreciation".
People looking at a website don't care a hoot whether it
was written 1959 style, or whatever, as long as they are
able to retrieve the information they are after. The color
mixer is quite useful when you are creating a user interface
and need to select colors for it, that was my message
and nothing else. Grow op man.

Re: Selecting a colour
 

Adrian wrote:
>
> The color
> mixer is quite useful when you are creating a user interface
> and need to select colors for it

I looked at it but didn't find it so useful as something that can give
me complementary color combinations. If all I need is a random color I
can already get that from my other graphics programs.

--
Berg

Re: Selecting a colour
 

Adrian wrote:

> Why all this negativity? Why score by finding fault?
> I found the same attitude amongst C and C++ programmers.
> Somehow when a group is "closed", due to the knowledge
> domain being antiquated, given more modern technologies,
> people practicing it, start acting defensively. Or in more
> psychological terms, embark on "out-group depreciation".
> People looking at a website don't care a hoot whether it
> was written 1959 style, or whatever, as long as they are
> able to retrieve the information they are after. The color
> mixer is quite useful when you are creating a user interface
> and need to select colors for it, that was my message
> and nothing else. Grow op man.

op?

You published the URL of your web site in a newsgroup that is full of
professional web designers and producers.

You should expect that the quality of that web site would be commented upon.

All the comments so far are valid.

The site looks stupid stuck up there in the top left corner of the browser.

The site breaks totally and becomes inaccessable with just one or two
notches of increased font size [1]. This could be construed to be
delibreratly discriminating against partially sighted people which at least
in my country is illegal.

[1] In fact the "buy now" page is broken at the default font size.

In certain cases the pages break out of that iframe by opening a new
window/tab, leaving a totally orphaned page with no menu or other site
navigation and a broken back button.

The site uses technology that became obsolete last century.

Why would anybody go to the trouble of downloading anything from a site that
is so broken?

Get a real site man.

Re: Selecting a colour
 

Oh dear....

"rf" <rf@z.invalid> wrote in message
news:Fmx9l.9222$cu.835@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Adrian wrote:
>
>> Why all this negativity? Why score by finding fault?
>> I found the same attitude amongst C and C++ programmers.
>> Somehow when a group is "closed", due to the knowledge
>> domain being antiquated, given more modern technologies,
>> people practicing it, start acting defensively. Or in more
>> psychological terms, embark on "out-group depreciation".
>> People looking at a website don't care a hoot whether it
>> was written 1959 style, or whatever, as long as they are
>> able to retrieve the information they are after. The color
>> mixer is quite useful when you are creating a user interface
>> and need to select colors for it, that was my message
>> and nothing else. Grow op man.
>
> op?
>
> You published the URL of your web site in a newsgroup that is full of
> professional web designers and producers.
>
> You should expect that the quality of that web site would be commented
> upon.
>
> All the comments so far are valid.
>
> The site looks stupid stuck up there in the top left corner of the
> browser.
>
> The site breaks totally and becomes inaccessable with just one or two
> notches of increased font size [1]. This could be construed to be
> delibreratly discriminating against partially sighted people which at
> least in my country is illegal.
>
> [1] In fact the "buy now" page is broken at the default font size.
>
> In certain cases the pages break out of that iframe by opening a new
> window/tab, leaving a totally orphaned page with no menu or other site
> navigation and a broken back button.
>
> The site uses technology that became obsolete last century.
>
> Why would anybody go to the trouble of downloading anything from a site
> that is so broken?
>
> Get a real site man.
>

Re: Selecting a colour
 

<snipped>
> Why would anybody go to the trouble of downloading anything from a site
> that is so broken?
>
> Get a real site man.

I see that you use this site to erect a statue for yourself.
I am sad I attempted to make a contribution. This "I am
better than you" attitude has killed nine million Jews
in WWII. Bad behavior creates bad behavior, as is
being currently being evidenced in the Middle East.
But how can one persuade a fish that it is swimming
in water. Alas, a lost cause...

Adrian.