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> Meh,
>
> A lot of knee jerk reactions in the thread which is sad. One purpose of
> setting a dark (no not a flashing GIF as lisi slippery-sloped me into
> earlier) is to give the page more of a "piece of paper" feeling. With a
> darker background, a crazy wide monitor the site focuses the user on the
> contents of the page, and on a narrower monitor it will just barely show
> up, or not at all.

Personally I don't see a problem; I asked for opinions and got them, a
wide range of them but all favorable towards the new design.  Now we're
just hashing out how best to handle a > 2000 pixel corner case.

I wasn't fully paying attention in my last couple of replies (long day
here), so sorry for swinging one direction and then another so suddenly.

> About a year ago I developed a queryable database for biologists, and I
> used this method, a fixed width, and a clear 'page' to it. I think it
> looks
> good, is extremely functional, and isn't full any modern design
>
> http://pogo.ece.drexel.edu/about.php

Hey, that page looks somewhat familiar!  I don't know if a similar visual
"de-accentuation" would help or hinder the current site though; I am
leaning toward the latter but not sure.

In any case I think the more pressing concern is fixing the news article
segmentation; it could use some work.  This is best done on the dev site
so as not to disturb production until the design is finalized.

Tim
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