Redesigns

Was it pure coincidence that upon opening my browser today that I had to do a double-take (or double-refresh in my case) upon stumbling across a number of redesigns? Take the following;

• Dave Sheas mezzoblue
• Doug Bowmans Stop Design
• Justin Goodletts SkinnyJ
• and with eager anticipation Ryan Sims' Justwatchthesky

I would have to say on a personal note that the one that really stans out (perhaps for all the wrong reasons) is mezzoblue. I just don't think it has the same level and attention to detail that Dave's older design "Radar" had. Thankfully there is a style-switcher so you can still load up his fantastic content in a more familiar design, but, guess what? I find myself sticking to this new one. Why? I want to see how it progresses - Dave himself said it's a work in progress, and I for one like seeing how a design evolves over time - and who knows, maybe the new design will be a grower...

Then to the favourite - Doug's Stop Design. A man after my own design sensibilities! Very clean, minimal, with plenty of wide open space to concentrate on what we're all there for - reading. Very pleasing and very easy to read.

And as for Ryans Justwatchthesky - well, yes, yesterday I was one of those who took a peek under the hood so to speek hoping for some little tidbit and clue as to what was coming and was sorely disappointed - not today however, though today being the 27th (at least in Autralia) I am resisting the urge to refresh the site every 10 minutes. My mum always used to say “Good things come to those who wait” - and she was right - I eventually got that Commodore 64 for Christmas!!

Ah well, I'd better get back to redesigning designing my little piece of turf...