Comment by allenc | Hacker News Reader

Comment by allenc | Hacker News Reader

Some things just from a design and aesthetics standpoint:

- More white space. It's the easiest way to lose the "cluttered" feel of having giant blocks of explanatory text.

- Vary the fonts and font sizes. In particular, your nav. bar's font sizes are too big and distract from the section titles; you can lose the nav altogether for a landing page.

- Have a consistent coloring scheme. Pick 2-3 colors (maybe the ones from your logo) and stick with them: one color for the titles, one for links, one for text. E.g., using light purple for your secondary title text at the bottom makes them look like links.

- Make the "sign up" button stand out more. That's your call to action, and right now it blends in with the background.

Thanks a lot for useful suggestions. Actually, I am not a web-designer, so sometimes it's hard to choose the right color and size. I've added your comments to my todo-list of improving Tagmask. Thank you again!

I am curious, what do you think about the logo?

Right. The general idea is: the bigger the font size, the more people will notice it, so make the irrelevant stuff small and the attention-grabbing stuff big. As to colors, I just saw something someone else posted that can help you develop a coherent color scheme:

http://www.techiemania.com/5-awesome-free-tools-to-help-you-...

And another article with good design pointers submitted to HN:

http://www.visualmess.com/

As to the logo, the same ideas apply: more whitespace between the title, tagline and "beta", vary the font faces to provide contrast, and try using contrasting primary colors to make it a bit more dynamic.

Thank you very much for the comment and links. They are very useful to me. I would like to show you Tagmask after reworking.

And what do you think about the picture itself in the logo? I am worried that it is too ugly.

Eh, I can't draw myself, so I probably can't comment on good logo design. I think as long as it's clean and distinctive - branding your app - it should work well. You can always hire a designer to redo it when you gain some traction.

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