Comments on: monocle http://typesites.com/monocle/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:24:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Craig http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-605 Craig Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:24 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-605 I love this site, I need to point out a few things though - Dan Hill is not a designer! - He is a blogger, amature writer, architecture enthusiast, and generally doesn't come up with any original things himself. This website has been crafted by talented, educated and experienced designers that care. I know Dan and I think he kind of hijacked this project by doing his post-rationalization blog on the site design/structure, which he couldn't have designed, as the design had already long been in place when he was hired as Broadcast Manager/Director, not as a designer! - Monocle.com was designed by Tyler Brule's team at Winkreative, full credit to them :) I love this site, I need to point out a few things though - Dan Hill is not a designer! - He is a blogger, amature writer, architecture enthusiast, and generally doesn’t come up with any original things himself. This website has been crafted by talented, educated and experienced designers that care. I know Dan and I think he kind of hijacked this project by doing his post-rationalization blog on the site design/structure, which he couldn’t have designed, as the design had already long been in place when he was hired as Broadcast Manager/Director, not as a designer! - Monocle.com was designed by Tyler Brule’s team at Winkreative, full credit to them :)

]]> By: Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-324 Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:01:09 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-324 No, not headers, but interface elements like the menu :) No, not headers, but interface elements like the menu :)

]]> By: Leon P http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-323 Leon P Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:57:23 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-323 Hi Tor - presumably you'd want to mark the headings as well? An HTML page is a document rather than an image: using IR fails to recognise this. I guess it just upsets the purist in me. Some of the <a href="http://typesites.com/jon-tangerine/" rel="nofollow">sites reviewed</a> here do manage to achieve subtle and interesting typography within this constraint. Hi Tor - presumably you’d want to mark the headings as well? An HTML page is a document rather than an image: using IR fails to recognise this. I guess it just upsets the purist in me. Some of the sites reviewed here do manage to achieve subtle and interesting typography within this constraint.

]]> By: Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-322 Tor Løvskogen Bollingmo Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:28:19 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-322 I don't see how IR-methods should be a no-no in the interface, would you care to elaborate, Leon? One should not use IR in, say, article-text - since people will want to mark that text. I don’t see how IR-methods should be a no-no in the interface, would you care to elaborate, Leon? One should not use IR in, say, article-text - since people will want to mark that text.

]]> By: Leon P http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-321 Leon P Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:43:26 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-321 I like the overall look. The large picture on the home page works really well, and the black/yellow/white colour scheme is distinctive and classy. The images as text are a no-no for me: even some of the body text has been rendered as an image. Web typography is more restrictive than print, but that just makes it more of a challenge. Surely something could have been done with, say, Times to render the headings and navbar text. Arial could have been used in the paragraph text by the main image. Is that <a href="http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html" rel="nofollow">mystery meat</a> top left? I thought the stories changed too quickly . . . I'm not a fan of long drop down menus, especially when the text is so small. My other problem is with the grid and colouring. Using six columns means that font sizes are quite small; combine this with a dullish grey on a black background and you've got some legibility issues (at least to my old eyes). The page did resize perfectly, though. I like the overall look. The large picture on the home page works really well, and the black/yellow/white colour scheme is distinctive and classy.

The images as text are a no-no for me: even some of the body text has been rendered as an image. Web typography is more restrictive than print, but that just makes it more of a challenge. Surely something could have been done with, say, Times to render the headings and navbar text. Arial could have been used in the paragraph text by the main image.

Is that mystery meat top left?

I thought the stories changed too quickly … I’m not a fan of long drop down menus, especially when the text is so small.

My other problem is with the grid and colouring. Using six columns means that font sizes are quite small; combine this with a dullish grey on a black background and you’ve got some legibility issues (at least to my old eyes). The page did resize perfectly, though.

]]> By: Régis Kuckaertz http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-319 Régis Kuckaertz Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:52:14 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-319 Dan Hill, lead designer for Monocle.com, explains the whole design process and strategy that lead to the current version of the website. Genius! http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2008/04/monocle-design.html Dan Hill, lead designer for Monocle.com, explains the whole design process and strategy that lead to the current version of the website. Genius!

http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2008/04/monocle-design.html

]]> By: brad http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-318 brad Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:40:20 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-318 A big usability issue is that the navigation on the homepage seems to get overlapped by the flash video below it, although it does not seem to happen consistently. Browsing with Fx3 on a mac. A big usability issue is that the navigation on the homepage seems to get overlapped by the flash video below it, although it does not seem to happen consistently.

Browsing with Fx3 on a mac.

]]> By: Henrik Pejer http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-317 Henrik Pejer Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:04:13 +0000 http://typesites.com/monocle/#comment-317 One reason not to use Sifr is that it slows down the load time of the page. I'd recommend using background images in header-tags and CSS to 'push' the text of the header out of sight leaving only the background image (with the same text as the heading of course). This is, of course, cumbersome if you do not let the server, or CMS, handle this for you. Those of you using Textpattern might check out zem-ir which does this perfectly. One reason not to use Sifr is that it slows down the load time of the page.

I’d recommend using background images in header-tags and CSS to ‘push’ the text of the header out of sight leaving only the background image (with the same text as the heading of course). This is, of course, cumbersome if you do not let the server, or CMS, handle this for you.

Those of you using Textpattern might check out zem-ir which does this perfectly.

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