Experimenting with the theme

[Manic Velocity]

This is something I've been working on, on-and-off for the past few months:

http://inspireatwill.com/fa_test/

It's just a mirror of our homepage, so don't bother trying to log in.  :)  I'd like to get some feedback on the header logo and the general look of the theme.  

I've been feeling for a while that the visuals of our main access site could do with some sprucing up, so I figured I'd take a crack at it.  Perhaps if its well-received it will be implemented.

Give your harshest critiques!

[eeth]

very nice, much more pop to it.

[Adad]

Sexy

[Saint]

Although I do think that our current front page could use some work. I dont think this one is the one to replace it.  It seems to lack that "crisp" and Clear feel to it for me.

[Anamodiel]

I know it pervades most of the website, and this is more just a criticism in general and not leveled against you specifically.

I hate and loathe with all of my being the Gunship font that we use. It is vile and disgusting and if we could get rid of it for something more simple I'd jump for joy. Of course, that won't happen. You've done a good job, Manic.

[Ash]

This is what I got from Ana's post....Shitty, shitty, shitty...good job Manic.

[Ragnarok]

Awesome! love the header!

 It seems to lack that "crisp" and Clear feel to it for me.

  Manic's site feels very clean and crisp to me.

[Saint]

The text and logos appear slightly blurry or fuzzy to me..

[Ragnarok]

The text and logos appear slightly blurry or fuzzy to me..

You understand that the center logo is a hologram so it should be slightly blurry right?

[likwidtek]

I love it Manic.  I vote hell yes.

[Da6onet]

The text and logos appear slightly blurry or fuzzy to me..

You understand that the center logo is a hologram so it should be slightly blurry right?

Hard to pull off well with static images, perhaps gif or flash are in order?

[NoCry]

actually I did not expect to see any difference as I am not the most observant of fellows and have always enjoyed the look and feel of our website. That being said, I think your updated theme is tip top. Like it a lot.

[Saint]

eh.. really? no shit?   lol Kidding of course I know its a hologram, I wasnt talking about that though.. I was talking about the top banner...

[Manic Velocity]

The text and logos appear slightly blurry or fuzzy to me..

I agree completely.  It's on the list of fixes.

I wasn't expecting such a positive response.  I'm glad everyone likes it.  :)

I hate and loathe with all of my being the Gunship font that we use. It is vile and disgusting and if we could get rid of it for something more simple I'd jump for joy. Of course, that won't happen.

Just curious what it is specifically that you don't like about it.  I don't think it will change anytime either, but I personally like it.  I've seen some "sci-fi" fonts that are practically unreadable.  Gunship seems like a nice blend of sci-fi and modern.

[eeth]

so when do we get this image to replace the current header?

feels much more alive and a lot more on-theme with TOR (in my opinion), would be a nice update to go along with the fact we're less than 70 days away from getting a new game