is it possible that something has become slightly different all of a sudden? yes yes yes, the time of the cool illustrated header image and grassy lawn background is over (unless you all complain a lot?). it turns out that the universal website that can appeal to everyone is one with things that are transparent. in fact, I dare to predict that in the future, people will be slightly see-through…y’know, for coolness.
the new new askastudent, or ‘ultra neo askastudent version S’, is not just for show: now you can submit your photography or art to be used as the customizable background to the site. so send your stuff in and if it isn’t awful, we’ll put it up…we’ll set up a flickr group eventually, but that’s for later, after I evolve a third eye.
we’re also trying to put together the greatest podcast of all times. this podcast is to be based on your UofT stories, mostly the crazy ones. if there’s something you’d like to share, send us a summary via email, or join up on our facebook group and put it on our discussion group.
danke, and stay tuned for more.
3 Comments
moo
i’ll be the first to complain.. didn’t you know it’s really hard on the eyes to read light (white) text on a dark (black) background?… especially when the font size is so tiny (at the “normal” setting)
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i want the grassy lawn background and cool illustrator back! it was fun and happy ;(
stuntman dan
I am still very fond of the older design, except I realized something: having predominately dark backgrounds makes it easier on the eyes to read in a darkened lecture hall while not paying attention to the lecturer. in the case of a film student such as myself, this is essential. also, sometimes profs can see your face extra lit-up from a website, and this isn’t too great.
as for the font size, I don’t consider it to be a problem, but I’m willing to look at mixing things up a bit.
Fat
hmm, I sorta like the change to the more vintage askastudent look, with the white font on the black background. while it may be a bit hard to read, a trick i somtimes use is to just highlight the font so the background is blue. it’s a bit gentler on the eyes ;). regardless, this site is godly, and i’d read it even if you had white font on a white background with size 3.5 font.