Comments on: The Marks of a Minimalist Blog

By: aurelio

aurelio — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:05:46 +0000

… and guess what?! All the talking and I forgot to put the link to my blog.

http://oescritordesonhos.blogspot.com/

thankies~

By: aurelio

aurelio — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:59:35 +0000

hello there!

i was browsing minimalist blogs examples on the web and found this article. I actually have a minimaslist blog myself and I would like to share it with you, since we seem to also share this special kind of good taste.

thank you and take care~

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By: Quakeulf

Quakeulf — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:19:39 +0000

Thank you for your feedback! :3 I know about the “mystery meat”-issue, which I fixed for the rest of my site. The blog is older than the rest of the site in terms of design update, but newer in terms of concept. I will fix that soon I hope, I just need to get some other projects done first. I agree with the removal of certain things on my blog, but I would like to keep the RSS-feeds for my own purpose because it shows what kind of stuff I am interested in without me having to do much else than have it there.

Regarding the menu, I will keep it there as long as I have site sections. I might drop the “About”-section if I find a better way to incorporate it with my blog or gallery, but for now it will stay.

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:42:49 +0000

Great topic – I think minimalist designs are my favorite. Maybe not to the degree you listed but I do believe in the less is more philosophy. Loved this.

By: Fred Epner

Fred Epner — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:11:06 +0000

Just put up a site and i love how minimal i was able to be; not every client let’s you.
http://www.msnewstoday.com

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scottberkun.com » Wednesday linkfest — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:47:00 +0000

[...] The mark of a minimalist blog. Some good examples of how less is more. I think everyone knows this instinctively, but can’t resist how tempting it is to add more. [...]

By: Dustin Boston

Dustin Boston — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:39:21 +0000

@Quakeulf – I really like your blog. I think it looks great. Here are a few comments: I think the main navigation is clever, but “mystery meat.” In other words, it’s a usability issue. I would prefer to see the text next to the icons. I also wonder if you need *anything* below the last post except for your contact information.

Here’s why: when I go to your site I am interested in your content. I’m not interested in the tags or dates, archives, or rss feeds. The only thing I want is your great posts and information about you.

I am seriously questioning the use of a menu in general (I think I’m going to post about that today.) BTW I dig the right aligned stuff on the main site and

By: Quakeulf

Quakeulf — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:58:51 +0000

I tried hard, perhaps too hard to make a functional minimalist blog without any clutter. The end result was a one-column lay-out which solely focuses on content and keeps all the other bits and pieces where they belong; at the bottom. I would really love it if I could get some help with it to further enhance its minimalism if I may.

Nice post. I loooooove minimalism in design, especially for online purposes.

By: Leon Paternoster

Leon Paternoster — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:02:15 +0000

Dustin – as discussed, I’m not sure it’s a great idea from a usability POV. I could remove the search from my site and put a navbar up there. But then maybe I lose too much functionality.

@Daniel – that works really well. I particularly like the sentence as navbar approach and how it incorporates your about, subscribe and category links in two lines. It does take a little figuring out, though.

By: Dustin Boston

Dustin Boston — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:48:02 +0000

@Leon, great point about wordpress and widgets. BTW, I like your site. I have been having this thought about my own blog (which I am currently RE-optimizing, 3rd times a charm). I think the navigation can go in a drop down.

In fact, you have the perfect spot for it at the top of your page just above the header. Then you would remove even more “clutter” (I’m not saying that your design is cluttered, it’s not).

Let us know if you try it!

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