Visit the new blog - adyngom.com
Just about couple months ago, I've decided to really get back into writing and share the different bits and crazy ideas that throttle my mind. I have found in dev.to a very welcoming community and at the same time very on point and focused on just us - the devs.
In parallel the plan was always to have an official space to gather everything Ady lol. But I do suffer from the "perfectionist syndrome" unfortunately and I have many times attempted to build my own platform because nothing else cut it for me.
Call it pretentious, I won't be mad - I deserve it, I simply call it a simple waste of time and more a huge waste of opportunities. I will write more about those two in a separate article.
In the meantime, I would appreciate it a lot if you were to take a minute from your busy lives and give me an honest feedback on your first impression.
My aim is to make it very welcoming and very easy to read. Let me know what you think and if you like what you read here and there, please subscribe.
Top comments (10)
Hello Prahlad thank you so much for such a thoughtful response. I really appreciate it. Let me respond to your list real quick:
Really thanks again for taking the time
Cheers
I'm new to Web development, For me the design looks really good. The things i didn't like are when i open the sliding navigation bar, i cannot close it by clicking on any parts other than the specified (X) close button(It's hard in mobile devices). And I also didn't like the margin around the corners of the site(but that's personal preference). Other than that the site looks really good and responsive.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes good call on the inner margin. I will add some CSS tweaks on it. Mobile is the most important since many visit the web via mobile and is the most challenging. I’ll definitely look at how to improve the experience there.
Thanks again so much for taking the time.
Cheers
@adyngom A couple things I'd add on to AdhipathiPandiyan and Prahlad Yeri's comment, I too love the design, it looks really clean and modern but a couple bug bears.
Instead of having the "No more Posts" as a small text at the very bottom, almost like an afterthought. Maybe use it productevly to fill in that empy square with some colour saying there are no more posts and to check back soon?
i) The scrolling, The standard scrollbar really sticks out there.
Consider either making a custom one or just make it so there is no need for the scroll as from what I can see it could easily be removed.
ii) Something @adhipathipandiyan already touched on, the X button.
For exiting maybe allow users to press away from the side bar to remove it. This removes the hassale of the x button for computer and laptop users and little touches like that really help a product or site.While for mobile users consider making a swipe action to remove and/or add it.
Hope this is of some help! Great site!
Thanks buddy will certainly act on those. Really appreciate you taking the time 😀
Hey I really like the concept.
One thing that I noticed was the side search/subscribe portion of the website on the homepage kind of felt funky when scrolling. So on my screen (Macbook Pro) it has a very short scroll distance so it feels strange since its only scrolling a little to reveal the 'copyright' footer, which is unimportant.
It would be a better experience if that side section was fixed and possibly a bit smaller, since it is not the focus of your site. Just my 2 cents!
Rightfully noted Benett. The side scroll worked best on my tests when the main content was taller with more posts. I can fortunately control the CSS so taking care of the wide or simply hiding the sidebar should not be an issue.
Will make the proper adjustments.
Thank you
It looks nice and professional. I like the color scheme and your photo is complimentary. I watched the CSS video, and enjoyed it. Learned something, too. I would say you are off to a good start.
Thanks for the kind comments William. I’m glad you enjoyed the content. More to come 😀 Cheers