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Digsby = IM + Email + Social Networks
Friday, March 21st, 2008

I’ve been using multi protocol IM clients for a long time, and I’ve used a bunch of them, Trillian in various flavors, Miranda, Meebo etc and they all had one major flaw or another.
Trillian: Payware, and very constrained in it’s modification possibilities, skins is the only way to really change it and they’re not [...]

The design process
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The design of this site spans nearly 3 months, from early December 2007 to late February 2008, only a few elements have remained and none of them without modifications. It spans 2 domains and 2 hosts, krill3.no-ip.org on my home server, and later krill3.com on dreamhost. The site has come far in a short amount [...]

Theme implemented
Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I think it’s all done, let me know if you spot something out of place.
I’ve switched the site from lightbox to thickbox, it’s almost the same but looks a whole lot better, simply click any thumbnail with a colored outline to see a larger version.
The font-size is defined with a font-size: 85% in the body [...]

Rolling out the new theme
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Expect odd behavior and looks while I’m implementing the new theme I’ve been working on.

Square peg in a round hole
Monday, February 11th, 2008

I got quite attached to both designs I made, the square one isn’t as polished nor refined as the rounded “classic” one that’s gone through a long list of revisions and tweaks.
I did something quite bold but so far it feels like it’s paying off, I mixed aspects of both designs into a hybrid style:
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Choices choices
Friday, February 1st, 2008

I’m having a hard time picking what theme to progress with, I was set on using the rounded one but inspiration rushed into the room and demanded to be heard, 30 mins later I’m now sitting with 2 designs, the square one is really early so judge the layout and composition of it not the [...]

Design progress
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Click for Full view.
A mockup of the current state of my theme, I’ve gone for a separated “bubble” style with fluid height of the bubbles containing the blog posts and fixed dimensions on the header/nav and footer, as always comments are greatly appreciated.

Preview of the theme
Thursday, January 24th, 2008

New

Old
A simple preview of the second version of my theme in progress with a screenshot of the old version for comparison, it’s in a quite early stage but it should give a good idea of the direction I’m taking the design in, it’s 560px wide thus a 640px wide screen + vertical scrollbar and side [...]

Navigation done
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The navigation is now done, the gallery page doesn’t exist yet so getting a 404 is normal, the contact page hasn’t been given an overhaul yet, it’s next.
Done the contact page, not too sure how much to put there, I want people to be able to get in touch with me but posting my phone [...]

Header well underway
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

The header backgrounds are done, in all their randomized glory.
Navigation is coming along nicely.