Comments on: daniel mall

By: Leon P

Leon P — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:58:28 +0000

Tor - I think Times looks great at larger sizes on the screen. At smaller sizes it's hard to read, especially when used as body copy. Or that could be my failing eyesight, of course. I can appreciate that it confers an old world, bookish feel to a site, or that it's a tempting choice as it's been rather neglected over the years, but I think readability should come before these considerations.

By: Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo

Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:08:34 +0000

Leon P, Times has it’s place and it’s own style, you can’t just switch it with Georiga, it’s like switching from Arial to Verdana. But I agree to a certain extent, TNR is very hard to use well.

By: Harley

Harley — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:03:21 +0000

It’s just the Non-Imperial way of spelling it, that’s all.
It’s a nice site… It’s kinda bland for my taste though. It was risky going all black and white with some orange, and I think that for some people it would do the job, but not for everybody.

By: Miiitch

Miiitch — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:34:50 +0000

I love how Elliot uses the proper spelling of the word “colour”.
Yes, it DOES have a ‘u’.

By: Leon P

Leon P — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:07:20 +0000

Grrrrr Times not Georgia. I like the simplicity and the focus on text, though, and the fact that it doesn't try to use all of the screen. It just uses what it needs. And it doesn't try and use 16 columns. The colour scheme reminds me of Jon Tan's site, as does the linkage in small caps. The orange doesn't contrast with the background enough, though. I'm not a fan of replacing text with images - I like being able to copy and resize text. I see what you mean about it looking like a newspaper. I keep reading Daniel Mall as Daily Mail.

By: kevadamson

kevadamson — Tue, 27 May 2008 22:41:45 +0000

Great site. I like the left alignment. I don’t think it looks odd at all. In fact, it serves to double the amount of space available to put other window panes etc. than if it was set in the middle.

I was also thinking, upon seeing the review, that it may be another site that only really looks its best in Safari, but it actually looks really great in the ‘un-anti-aliased’ browsers.

By: Kevin Zak

Kevin Zak — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:16:46 +0000

I’ve always loved Daniel’s website. One little detail that I doubt anyone else cares about is the bullets. I really dig the small arrows for some reason. They just look cool and keep up with the minimalism.

The borders are excellently done and the entire website is really impressive for as small as it is. It may be because I am used to the terrible font rendering of Windows and Linux, but the latest headline always looks a little blurry to me. Everything else is fairly sharp, but the text on “Holy Matrimony” just has this outer blur that makes the rounded parts (such as the o (on the version without the ring replacing it)) look jagged.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:43:07 +0000

A good, to-the-point review for a wonderful site. Daniel’s simplicity in design is refreshing. Minimal imagery (makes it real special when he does use images!), wonderful typography, no gradients, no bevels, no bling. Looking forward to the next installment of the site!

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:12:35 +0000

Now I too can’t wait to see Daniel Mall’s new version (will it be a complete opposite of the current style? will it use images?), though I’ll definitely miss this one of a kind site, that rules in the world of super minimalistic designs.