I played around with the homepage in photoshop a bit, and i made it look a bit better, i think this is how it should've been from the beginning.

Old Version: http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/882/messqt5.jpg

2nd Version: http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i106766_mess2.jpg

There is no difference. You only added a shadow .

i know..and i dunno about other ppl..but it looks better for the eyes that way..looks more natural, more web 2.0 kinda style

apart from the drop shadow, what else did you "enhance"?

lol..not much, the site is actually gr8 as it is, i love its design, so i didn't want to change it..i only changed the font for the links at the top and added a better line between them

You made that pic from a screenshot, right? What browser do you use??

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Originally posted by Tawakol
i only changed the font for the links at the top

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firefox, i just went full screen and cropped the tab bar..why?

only fonts i changed were the the links at the top and the "the windows live messenger extension" at the top

Strange... Your fonts seem to be a bit bigger. My fonts are thick and ugly compared to yours .

lol, can you take a screenshot of it?

There it is. Have a look. My fonts seem other than yours. Or is it me? Do i need glasses?

http://dazmatic.teaspoondiner.net/data/msghelp.png

Looks the same to me...

the font btw.. and i like the shadow affect..

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Originally posted by Dazmatic
http://dazmatic.teaspoondiner.net/data/msghelp.png

Looks the same to me...

the font btw.. and i like the shadow affect..

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@ins4ne..i see what you mean, thats because you don't have ClearType turned on. To turn it on, right click on ur desktop?go to properties>go to appearance>then go to effects>check the first option and choose ClearType from the drop down menu

Yeah, i like the idea of the shadow.
Should be considered.

thats not an enhancement, enhancements are supposed to make it better not worse

the shadow looks nice, only with a few of changes could be more nice than that one

and why does it look worse? ur the only one who complained so far..everyone else likes it

a few changes in the borders and it looks perfect

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Originally posted by Tawakol
and why does it look worse? ur the only one who complained so far..everyone else likes it

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Originally posted by Tawakol
ur the only one who complained so far

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Originally posted by Eljay
the grey background

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I like it the way it is right now. I agree with Eljay..

Me too but i didn't want to disappoint the guy . Never change things when they are good they can just become worse...

Its nice but it wouldnt fit in with the forums much...
Theres nothing "broken" with the current theme so why "fix" it

I am not fixing it, thats why i left the base idea the same..i am just trying to improve it how about this?

I don't see any changes? What is it this time...

Oh wait. The fonts are a bit darker blue ...

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Originally posted by ins4ne
I don't see any changes? What is it this time...

Oh wait. The fonts are a bit darker blue ...

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I see. The colors are more flashy. And the '3d thingy'... No Wai. Looks like a thin line around the boxes

well..if u compare it to the WLM window (esp the chat window), thats exactly how it looks i wanted to keep a little nativity too

Well 'exactly how it looks'. But when you have another color selected than the standard blue it's diffrent .

They're pretty nice, and i like the 2nd one better.

Except...someone will need to tone down the green...too dark.

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Originally posted by Nagamasa
They're pretty nice, and i like the 2nd one better.

Except...someone will need to tone down the green...too dark.

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Originally posted by Tawakol
check now

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well..my proposal isn't the colors..its the shadow..so the green doesn't matter if its green or purple

And the shadow is a bit dodgy... Try something new.

Less shadow in between the boxes?

It looks like gray in there rather than a shadow.

*constructive criticism* do not mistake it for anything else. Thank you.

Sorry but the shadow kills it It doesn't really blend in and it looks very tacky. After all try to be more original and come up with something new, all websites that try to make it Web 2.0 style all look the same and where is the originality in that?

That's just my 2 cents

Shadows suck and definitely aren't "Web 2.0".

Shadows are only nice if they're small and fit the site/design. IMO those don't.

Further to that, shadows everywhere is a huge mistake as it wrecks the contrast between various elements and text on the page - they don't help improve usability of a site when applied in a "large" scale. As has been said, it makes the site look tacky - because shadows are exactly that, tacky.