March 1st, 2009
Continuing from the redesign of this blog, I’ve now updated the henrikfalck.com front page too with a more simple and informative design that uses the colors as well.
Although I’ve received many positive comments on the design of the old front page, it was never meant to be useful. In fact, before that one I had only had some witty comment or something on there, and then just happened to add some links, then the (superfluous) web 2.0-ish loading/fading sequence, then the pong players in the background. As the number of links grew, I think the page lost its je ne sais qui.
As you can see, the header colors, fonts, and sizes are the same as on this blog. The background pattern is similar, but with different colors (Persian blue and azure on the blog; Burgundy and Hollywood cerise on the front page) and the locations (top on the blog; left on the front page). I like how it’s similar yet different.
Anyway, the old front page had a “click-through rate” of just around 20%, meaning 80% of the people who visited it didn’t go any further (which wasn’t my intention at the time I designed it either, but times change). It’ll be interesting to see if that improves with this new one – I’m betting it will.
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February 24th, 2009
I’ve finally got around to redesigning the blog in a way I’ve been thinking of for a long time. As you can see, it’s very simple. A little bit wider, larger fonts, and it at long last uses The Colors, so as to fit in with my other sites such as what language is this? etc. I’m gonna redo the front page some day soon too, but I’m thinking of keeping it black but still using the colors in a more visually striking way, maybe.
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September 6th, 2007
Cats and kittens, I am finally – after many months of brain draining hard work – ready to present to you my official color palette! So what? you may say. Since I’m also Japan’s leading web 3.0 guru, that means these colors will also redefine what web 3.0 means.
I’m a big fan of colors. I love them! And even more – palettes! Palettes are collections of colors that fit well together. I also like painting with water colors. This palette I’ve developed – originally for paintmyblog.com – is, I would like to claim, the best palette ever. I’ve given much thought, googling, wikipeding, and time to choosing every single one of these colors. And I’ve gone through many iterations.
Although it is not out of the question that I might tweak a shade or hue here or there, I am prepared to announce this the final 1.0 release of my palette. Without further ado, I give you [pause for drama]… the colors.
In order, from right to left, upper to lower (yeah maybe my way of ordering is a bit strange, but that’s how it is):
DA70D6 orchid
F400A1 Hollywood cerise
F34723 pomegranate
FF2400 scarlet
FF7E00 amber
800020 Burgundy
FDE910 lemon
BFFF00 lime
00FF7F spring green
808000 olive
228b22 forest green
008080 teal
1C39BB Persian blue
007FFF azure
7DF9FF electric blue
F5F5DC beige
FBCEB1 apricot
CDB891 ecru
EEDC82 flax
734A12 raw umber
C0C0C0 silver
464646 charcoal
These are the only colors I will use in my productions from now on. In fact, since I’ve been developing this palette for some time now, some of my recent productions, such as paintmyblog.com (ironically that palette is a beta version, not this exact one), and Minesweeper use these colors. Also I think this blog uses only colors from this palette… hmm… anyway, I haven’t adapted the henrikfalck.com front page yet; it’s completely incompatible still.
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