site doesnt look professional

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1. Run the page
2. Notice the black-and-whiteness
3. Imagine pretty colours, because you sure cant see them

Original issue reported on code.google.com by arlo.pho...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2008 at 10:32

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I am currently testing a new 2 column left menu css, I wont commit changes until
things arent all stacked on top of each other.

Original comment by arlo.pho...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2008 at 10:33

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I think a "pretty site" is one without too much colour, it should be simple and 
let
its content or functions be the reason people like it.  I don't want us to make 
a
site that looks tacky and doesn't deliver.  Lets make it simple, elegant, and 
put
nothing more than is required in the page.  Don't fill it with clutter.

Is anyone else doing human-computer interactions this sem?

Original comment by Jordan.D...@gmail.com on 10 Sep 2008 at 10:25

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I did it last semester. Yes the focus during our prototype designs was often on 
how 
the functionality is presented. But I think what Arlo has in mind (at least the 
link 
to the site he gave me) is indeed elegant but not distracting.

Original comment by parul2...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2008 at 1:45

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Hmm another issue is though that our website is most likely not going to be 
"used" 
during the presentation but will certainly be "seen". So we do need our first 
impression to be a good one and something that catches the audience's eye.

Original comment by parul2...@gmail.com on 11 Sep 2008 at 4:06

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Have done a draft and released it for comment, need more input on where to put 
things.

Original comment by arlo.pho...@gmail.com on 13 Sep 2008 at 12:24

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I have made the style sheet which works for all the tests I can put it through.
Please try it on different browsers and give me feed back!
IE8, Firefox 3 passed.

Original comment by arlo.pho...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2008 at 2:47

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Looks good in Opera 9.52 also

Original comment by parul2...@gmail.com on 5 Oct 2008 at 3:19

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Site at least looks consistent in all major browsers and I think the layout is 
good. 
More user testing is needed to find out exactly what users look for in terms of 
colour scheme. Maybe we should hire an artist to do the colouring as apparently 
Im 
crap at it :) Anyway we arent going to make anymore changes.

Original comment by arlo.pho...@gmail.com on 14 Oct 2008 at 9:44

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