Well, I really do have more important things I should be doing. But I was bored and somehow I found myself at the Wordpress Theme Browser, looking at all the available themes.
So, I downloaded a theme I liked (from H P Nadig), installed it, customized it and there it is now, live at http://rapidsignal.com/blog/.
FWIW, I don’t like the fixed with layouts that are common to Wordpress themes (maybe not as much as ESR does). I think the default theme is the problem because many designers probably used it as a baseline. Designers like it because of the control they have, but this is the web, the user is supposed to be in control.
Comment by Brian Yamabe — October 14, 2005 @ 21:55
I prefer liquid designs for web applications too, but I think fixed width is better for reading text.
I can even cite Paul Graham on this:
“The aim of web design is not to use all available screen space. It is legibility. Text is most legible with at most 60-70 characters per line. On computer screens, you don’t want to go much over 60.”
;-)
Comment by Dimitris Giannitsaros — October 15, 2005 @ 01:28