Preferences in Blog Styles and Layouts

[charmian]

While looking at some of the discussions that people have been having about starting to use Dreamwidth, I notice one of the continual themes is a dissatisfaction with the styles available at DW. It's only natural that DW has fewer styles, but I wonder just what it is that people find so unsatisfactory about the existing ones? What features do people seek in styles?

Personally, I never thought that the existing styles at LJ were that great anyhow, since I use Wordpress and have an even greater range available to me there. (Also, Tumblr's themes) My preference for reading blogs is to have a wide column, and none of this 'big picture at the top' nonsense (my screen is a widescreen, which I don't like... why don't they make non-widescreen laptops anymore? I'd rather have a screen that is tall rather than wide.)

Maybe later it might be a good idea for DW to have a styles contest, with prizes and voting? That might get people talking about what they want to see in styles.

Comments

[ex_ayalesca554]

Hey there XD I meant to be airing my grievances, not demanding that people make things for me! That said, if you are still up for it, I think this palette:

http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/49963/let_them_eat_cake

Could potentially look very nice on the Brittle style. If you are so inclined! Again, I totally didn't mean to be all "make a layout!!!" but if you were to do so, thank you in advance. :)

[cesy]

Which way round did you want the background and foreground? I can then use the other colours for highlights, links and so on.

[ex_ayalesca554]

I think probably the middle (peachy) color for background, and white for the text box. The blue might be nice for links. You are the designer in this conversation, so please feel free to do what you think looks best!