Selecting a colour

A

Adrian

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.
 
B

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

Adrian said:
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.)
 
A

Adrian

Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
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.
 
N

Neredbojias

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.
 
B

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

Adrian said:
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
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)...
 
A

Adrian

Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Adrian said:
Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
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)...

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.
 
B

Bergamot

Adrian said:
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.
 
R

rf

Adrian said:
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.
 
A

Adrian

Oh dear....

rf said:
Adrian said:
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.
 
A

Adrian

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.
 
I

Irina Rempt

Oh dear....

Right... top posting and quoting the entire message without actually
saying anything sensible has destroyed your last bit of credibility.

Irina
 
C

Chaddy2222

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...
Piss off, this is a group of people who work in the Web Design
industry, or write content for websites or own web hosting providers.

For what it is werth, your post was pointless as we all know about
such software and other don't really care. Which is why we have
graphic designers.
Go and join a bloody web forum full of newbies who like reading spam.
this is Usenet.
If you did not act like such a dickhead then you would have got a
better responce.
 
B

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

Adrian said:
I am sad I attempted to make a contribution.

Perhaps you would have been better received had you asked, "How can I
improve my site, and by the way, I have a colour-picker you can use."
 
R

Rob W.

Adrian schreef:
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.

And there is more:

http://www.colorsontheweb.com/

http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html



You give us a link to download your software
without giving us any useful information about it.
Not even a screenshot.

I'm not gonna download this,
not even to have a look at it
despite the fact that MacAfee (sic) says it's safe (oh, really?)
 
N

Neredbojias

I see that you use this site to erect a statue for yourself.

I don't think so. Unpleasant birds tend to crap all over statues, and
rf is very sensitive.
I am sad I attempted to make a contribution.

Others, apparently, too.
This "I am
better than you" attitude has killed nine million Jews
in WWII.

There was more to it than that. One thing in particular, -a guilty
conscience.
Bad behavior creates bad behavior, as is
being currently being evidenced in the Middle East.

Not always else everyone would be bad.
But how can one persuade a fish that it is swimming
in water.

Simple. Take it out of the water. I've even heard that Blinky has
developed a fondness for skinny-dipping in thin air.
Alas, a lost cause...

Hmm, I guess so.
 
A

Adrian

Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
Perhaps you would have been better received had you asked, "How can I
improve my site, and by the way, I have a colour-picker you can use."

"It can sometimes be a trying task to find colors that go well together when
designing
a website. There is software to help with this task that you can download
for free."
This was my statement - it contains no reference to the appearance of the
site in question.
In response my to statement some people decided to start shredding the site,
rather
than having a look at the software. This is a typical example of defensive
"out-group
depreciation" which makes me very sad. The language one person used on this
public site, I find unacceptable, and commands little respect.

Adrian.
 
D

dorayme

"Adrian said:
The language one person used on this
public site, I find unacceptable,

Perhaps he was Australian? They are badly misunderstood by the world at
large.
 
R

rf

Adrian said:
The language one person used
on this public site,

This is not a public site. This is usenet. If you don't know the difference
then perhaps you should find out.
I find unacceptable, and commands little respect.

Yes, I too find the language "Grow op man" to be unacceptable and commanding
of little respect, not to mention all that crap about wars which *should*
have invoked Goodwins Law.
 

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