Site Updates

Hemant, thanks for the heads-up.

I just came here out of curiosity to see the changes – it looks good! While here I noticed the ad under the header is for dianetics. Is it possible for you to get an ads package more in line with your nonbeliefs?

On Safari 4.0.4, I am now getting text on a white background. I actually like this very clean look. Maybe try to keep your new design simple and clean.

As to the ads, I presume they are automatically selected based on “relevant” words used. To me, that’s a great thing, because most of the ads will be from theists whose ads would never tempt any of us to spend money on them. I like the irony of theists all chipping in to pay to host “Friendly Atheist.”

It is appropriate, after all. The site wouldn’t even need to exist if it weren’t for theists. Just as there are no web sites that are for friendly non-believers-in-Zeus, or for friendly non-believers-in-the-tooth-fairy. For example, what were everyone’s experiences when they were dating back when they DID believe in the tooth fairy? Nobody would have anything to say about that.

I see Hemant’s picture in Opera and it’s a good one 🙂

I’d never heard that if you click on an ad the company whose ad it is loses money. Is that really true? I would have thought they’d already paid for the ad.

We’re making a couple changes to the site and some of you might see some odd formatting for a little while regardless of browser.

Ah. Perhaps this explains why the banner currently appears as if the main title of the blog is in Arabic.

Yes, Hemant, I’m kidding — sort of. I do see the upside-down version of the title embedded into the right-side-up version. But while that may be a clever artistic construction, it badly degrades readability. (And how many people do you know who websurf while hanging upside down?) Here’s hoping that you get a much more readable title up there soon.

However, I would like to add that the rest of the page appears much more readable, mainly from the use of a serif font (Times New Roman, probably — very readable and attractive) with good spacing. So I approve heartily of that particular change!

~David D.G.

Good. Tell me that pink banner and unreadable font aren’t permanent. I preferred the black.

I like the new black on white font, except that it’s cutting off. My old eyes enlarge to 150% and I thought that was it but it still did when I knocked it back down to an eye-tiring 100%. But I figure that’s one of the things you’re working on.

Am I the only one who pays no attention to banner ads?

Add me to the list of readers who think the new upside down reverse palindromish title just doesn’t work.

Ambigrams seem to me like the kind of thing that people keep insisting I should be impressed by.

They’re trivial to create if you’re willing to sacrifice legibility.