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October 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
In fairness, you took a screenshot of Obama’s homepage vs. a shot of a blog post from McCain. Apples and Oranges.
No doubt, though, Obama’s site design is great. So was Ron Paul’s.
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Actually, I just clicked on the button that I thought would take me to his homepage. Seems that he wanted to hide that button down and below his video. I’d say it’s Apples to Apples, just Delicious vs. Granny Smith. ;)
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
McCain’s design reminds me of a local news station’s website. A bit of visual yelling, perhaps from disjointedness (like the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing) or a generous dollop of ever-changing standards. It all boils down to a visual language that doesn’t sit right in the stomach.
My least favorite part? Most every picture of McCain and Palin are patch-jobs with decidedly unmatching light sources. Obama Biden get this detail wrong too, but somehow they manage to blast out the tones and pump up the contrast to bring some cohesion to the mix.