Hal - Deliberately Basic

Welcome to the new look of HALDB. If you are new to blogs, minimalism is the fashion. In keeping with the focus of this site, it fits well. Most people I know have been “on the web” for a number of years now, and they don’t visit web sites to see how pretty they are - they go to a site for information.

Of course a nice-looking, clean and well-organized site should be the goal of all site builders. As you wonder around in cyberspace, you will see some that are far too minimal, not enough info to find what you want. One of the worst things is no way to contact anyone.

Then there are sites (especially blogs) so filled with ads and links by the gross, you simply ignore everything and still go for the info you originally sought. We become immune to ads, and don’t care to sift through the multitudinous links, sometimes running down in columns on each side of the page.

Getting to the point is the point, or should be, of any site. Don’t make me hunt, else I’ll leave. Conversely, suppose your site is about photography. Show me pictures. Most of us who work or have worked building web sites know the basics.

Leave the moving, flashing, crawling, annoying pops and cracks to someone else. Animation is a 90s thing, and not usually good on a site. Everything has its place. A little something that moves on occasion may not be so bad, IF is enhances the site.

Since this site is about op-ed writing, you will not see many images. If I see one that makes sense, and adds value, common sense dictates that I use it.

That common sense thing keeps popping up, as it has all my life. If I could only master common sense, life would be so, well, basic and easier.

HB

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