Comments on: It was about time - deliciousdays.com gets a redesign

By: mav

mav — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:39:59 +0000

love the re-design! you guys are still doing just what you love ... i have always admired that. hello from maine! xxoo mav

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:48:57 +0000

What a big surprise on my return from holiday! Though... Not a pleasant one, I have to say. It really bothers me that the logo in the main page takes most of the screen. Why not make it an independent "first main page"? About the "newspaper style headline", it is cool, but also takes so much space that it's difficult to have a general overview of the post at first sight. Same for the font size! Still, congratulations on your great work with this website! Its contents are matchless! I hope you´ll take the best of the critics to keep on being the best!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:22:42 +0000

Hello and I apologize for being a little late to the redesign party. I was shocked when I first arrived. I thought there was something wrong with my browser. You know, I was expecting to see the familiar site but I was greeted with the new design and it was an unexpected blast. I respect your decision to change the site. The old site was visually more appealing to me. The old site was odd in some ways though and I hoped that someday it might be redesigned. This current reincarnation of the site isn't quite what I thought you'd end up with though. It's almost as if the site design doesn't compliment the content but stands as a direct opposite to the content. I don't even know what that means but I guess the boldness and starkness of the black and white design takes away in some way something from the beautiful imagery that I've always appreciated. Your beautiful photographs and food preparation should be lovingly coddled within a beautiful template and I don't feel that this is doing that. But who am I to criticize the artist? I shouldn't suggest to the master with what colors to paint or what canvas to use. What you two do is fantastic and I'm glad you do what you do. To your continued success! Michael Erb

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:28:36 +0000

Design is good, but on my screen the new font looks very big, I feel I need to step back a little.

By: Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy

Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:07:38 +0000

I too loved loved loved your old design. It made you feel decadent and that you had arrived on a magazine. I made sure I checked the monthly header and even the stories you linked to.

The good thing is the content you are writing is still great and that's the main reason I come :)

By: Grant Hudson

Grant Hudson — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:15:07 +0000

Sorry, but your design lost its deliciousness. It's the difference between reading a colorful glossy magazine and the want ads. As a designer myself, the changing masthead theme and colors, wonderful pictures, and brilliant photoshop effects are what inspired me to return to your site again and again (oh, and the recipes of course!). It was quite simply one of the most artistic and elegant sites I've seen on the web. I could almost teach an entire class, using your website as an example, on how to get repeat traffic. I do understand the need for redesigns every few years, but shouldn't the design should be an improvement on the old one, both in readability and visual interest? In this case, I think your practicality got in the way of your inspiration.