However, if you wrote a song where all the instruments were played in a different key…rest assured almost nobody would enjoy it. There are certain rules and structure to a melody that make for a potentially pleasing experience.

Colors are similar. Sure, you can just slap a bunch of them together, but it is a fact that certain colors look better together than others.

If one person tells you they hate your colors, it’s probably just a difference of opinion. If everyone else seems to agree, though…you might just suck at choosing colors. To ignore that possibility is simply lazy.

Sorry, I don’t see you reporting a "real" usability issue here — I wasn’t laughing of anything like that. If there is an accessibility issue, I’m all ears.

And I certainly didn’t say "It works for me".

I’ll stand by my comment about colors in general.

Nick

> I am always amused by the “I hate the colors“ argument."

In the newsgroup I pointed you at an *actual* usability problem, not with the colors per se, but with the combination of some colors, which makes the text almost impossible to read for some people (and the web page tiring to the eyes, even if it is readable).

But you choose to ignore physics and medicine, and try to joke yourself out of the situation, instead of learning from the feedback.

Remember, just because *you* don’t have a problem with the color combination, it’s no guarantee that the same goes for the rest of the world.

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I’m sick and tired of "It works for me!" replies - when someone reports a problem it is because there *is* a problem (for them). "It works for me!" is not a solution.

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Thanks for Delphi and the CapsLock program, though. I appreciate them both!

AndersI

Where’s the forums? The developer wiki? The users mailing list?

Does the app have an autoupdate feature built in so that I know I’m always using the latest version?

There aren’t any "with" statements in it, are there?

Even though it’s free, can I get a software assurance contract (for free) that ensures I get the newer versions (for free)?

And is there going to be a .NET version at some point?

I have to agree, however, that the capslock fails to be bane of my existance. Once in a while, I even find it useful.

Here’s my point: I reject the notion that Highlander is "buggy" because you don’t like the colors on the website.

And all donations go straight into my pocket.

Nick

However, the mention from a Product Manager that a certain site is created with a yet-to-be-released product, *will* be looked as meaning that it’s a showcase! That’s just human nature. So better clear all those references before it gets two widely known and shown, perhaps by competitors, as a *bad* example: people tend to notice flaws/bad examples more than good ones, even when they weren’t even supposed to be examples in the first place!

BTW: where do those donations go to? Some charity work? Or don’t tell me your job doesn’t pay the bills?

Well, I am, but not at the "showcase" level.

Nick

Some random thoughts:

With a great domain name like IHateTheCapsLockKey.com I would expect the product to have the same name. Why did you choose CapsLockBeGone? I’d say change it to the domain name.

You may want to mention that anyone with a Microsoft keyboard (IntellyType software) can simply turn the Caps Lock off in the Keyboard options.

IMHO the t-shirt would look better if it said:

ihATEtHEcAPSlOCKkEY.COM

Also, I don’t think you finished a thought: "But folks seem to be…." … be what?

I wasn’t aware that this was a "showcase" for Highlander — I just pointed out that it was written in Highlander.

Nick

It isn’t about the fact that no one thing can please everyone and probably more about picking something that doesn’t displease most everyone. I will admit that the color scheme is garish, but at least it isn’t hotdog (ah, win3.1, what were you thinking?)

I don’t think it is possible to avoid inline CSS, and I doubt it is inherently bad, any more than hammer is inherently a weapon - it is all about how it is used. For somethings, seperate CSS is definitely the way to go, for others you need the level of detail that inline provides.

I am curious, however, why you would use a completely static site as show case for highlander, or look into integrating sql anything with it. Is there going to be something dynamic that requires it? (ok, there is the version page, but it is a pretty simple tool, I’m betting you’ll never need another version unless you add other language translations)