Wanting to be at Tixall this weekend gave us a bit of a conundrum with regard to start time. With Colwich and Haywood locks to negotiate, we wanted to be there good and early, but knowing that the Wide will be very popular this weekend, arriving there before ten would probably be a bad idea.
In the end, we made a very early start, and so had no problems with the locks. there wasn't any usable space above Haywood, but as we headed round onto the Wide, we were passed by two boats coming away, and sure enough, there was a nice large space.
Also here is New Dawn, Braidbar 45, with her crew of Bill and Eileen, aka Jack and Vera (sorry, Braidbar Owners' Group in-joke). After we''d tied and waited whilst the washing machine finished doing its thing, we went back and had a couple of cups of coffee with them, not returning to Sanity Again until it was time for lunch.
This afternoon has passed quietly, though I did go and do my Good Samaritan act with a woman who couldn't get her locking diesel cap to open. She's recently widowed,but is continuing to cruise the family narrowboat, in company with a friend, also widowed.
Good luck to them, say I.
Bill and Eileen are coming round for a drink tonight, so a merry evening is in store, hopefully.
Two family members have expressed approval of the new design for this blog, but Mike preferred the old one, which he feels was easier to read. I'd be interested to hear other opinions, especially if there's a way in which I can improve readability by altering the various font and background colours.
4 comments:
Looks fine to me Bruce
Same here, better than the old design.......
The design seems OK to me, and yes, as good as, if not better, than the old design. I didn't have any difficulty with the old design, but I understand the need to refresh things occasionally, if only to maintain your own interest.
If there is an 'area for possible improvement' it's the colour contrast.
A font in Pale anything tends to be difficult to read. In this context, grey is pale black. Look down the RH side, and see how much more clearly the solid black headlines stand out, compared to the pale text beneath them. I know the headlines are a larger size, and probably a different font, but (I hope) it's an easy experiment to make the headlines the same size and font as the body text, then make the comparison again.
I am NOT saying make all the text black, just use full strength colours (if you want the maximum readership). For instance, for the page topping tabs, leave the Home tab lettering in black, but change the lettering in the others to solid blue, not the pale washed-out blue used at the moment, otherwise people are just going to pass over them.
HTH
I mainly follow by RSS feed so unless I need to comment I wouldn't normally see the new layout. However, it looks lovely.
There are sites on the internet that test your site for the partially sighted, colour blind etc. Not sure how they work, but may be worth a look.
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