A word on asking for design critique

  • I hope I’m not out of line posting this, but it really needs to be said:

    Kubrick is a wonderful theme. It really is. The layout, the links, the white space, it’s really excellent. It is so excellent, in fact, that is the default theme in WordPress 1.5 and later. Suffice it to say that it is used in thousands upon thousands of blogs, and not just in WordPress. We’ve all seen it. We all know exactly what it looks like. We’ve also seen variations of it with pink links and a black background.

    And this goes for any theme, not just kubrick. If all you have done is switched the link colors and added a header with a picture of a sunset, we will have nothing to say to you. If you’ve taken blix, added an MSN button in the sidebar and changed the navigation hover colors to a black background with white text, we will have nothing to say to you. It’s just blix. We’ve seen it a million times.

    These themes are nice, so your blog is nice, but if you haven’t done any *real* work, we won’t have anything to critique.

    It won’t kill anybody to have the forums full of threads asking for critique of a site using the kubrick theme with a brown header, but it’s rather pointless for people to expect any kind of feedback when there’s none to give.

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  • Nice vent.

    Some people are actually just content to have it up and running.

    dare I suggest that if you cant critique, then dont, especially if its THAT big of a deal for you.

    lol..check out this Kubrick theme of mine…the sites about 3 weeks form being actualy launched…still stuffin in the cool content and checkin for bugs and stuff, but it’s almost unrecognizable as a kubrik theme.

    few things ta fix for sure, but it’s lookin good ??

    I cant stick in the actual link till its ready ta go…dont want ta get indexed till shes ready ??

    www dot bcoffroad dot ca

    Thread Starter resiny

    (@resiny)

    Not bad, you’d probably get a lot more responses if you posted that as a thread.

    Stuff like the site you just posted is fine, because, like you said, it’s not even recognizable as Kubrick

    I think chillybilly was just riffing off your rant. ;)

    And it was a good (calm, almost dispassionate) rant, but then whooami makes a good point as well.

    Thread Starter resiny

    (@resiny)

    especially if its THAT big of a deal for you.

    but then whooami makes a good point as well.

    It really isn’ta big deal. I don’t mind it, but I’m trying to let people understand why their thread gets no replies and just sits there. Like I said, it won’t kill anyone to have these forums full of asking for critique of a site using Kubrick, but we won’t really have anything useful to say to them, and in the end they’re the ones wasting their time

    The point that whooami made which I wanted to underline was:

    if you cant critique, then dont

    As I said you posted a good rant (though as I smirkingly tried to observe, it’s not really a rant). Yes, no replies on feedback threads or a string of “Kubrick, seen it” can be disheartening, so your interest in informing members as to the why is great. I just feel that most people looking for “feedback” on sites without any custom design elements are rather unlikely to see it.

    (Although, hey, how about we ask the mods for a new or revised sticky?)

    Thread Starter resiny

    (@resiny)

    though as I smirkingly tried to observe, it’s not really a rant

    I tried not to make it one, because this isn’t anything people should get mad about…

    Although, hey, how about we ask the mods for a new or revised sticky?

    I personally think this deserves to get added (in a modified way) to the sticky post, but it’s up to the mods to decide if they agree, though it’s not like anyone ever reads stickies anyways ??

    ya…i dont realy need my site checked out…just thought Id trough it out for a fellow kubrick user ta see.

    seems almost no point in getting my site examined…there are just way too many personal likes and dislikes…too many opinions…some like dark…some like light…some like flash…most hate flash…lol

    I just try ta keep a site feeling comfortable and user freindly…simplistic and cleen….a sorta cross user compatability thing….ROFL!!!

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