First it was Google Reader: glaring white with a bit of grey. So I moved to NetVibes.
Guess what? Then it was NetVibes: glaring grey with a bit of white and some black. Although not quite as bad as Google Reader. I can still use NetVibes.
Now? It’s Facebook. Grey boxes on a light grey background and, let’s not forget, the Facebook Blue upper menu bar.
Why?
Has the internet run out of colours? Did I miss a memo that said ‘Sorry, only grey, black and white will be allowed from now on’?
It, seriously, gives me a headache. It glares. It doesn’t flow. The eye gets stuck trying to figure out where on post ends and the next begins, never mind the columns.
It is bad design.
I can live with Facebook moving the various alert, notification and message icons to the right. I don’t really get the point, but I can live with it.
I’m not sure I can live with the grey on grey.
It really is giving me a headache.
UPDATE: Just after I posted this I updated to WP 3.8.1. And look at that! Black! Lots of black! The posting box is grey on grey, true. But the edges? A nice soothing black. Well done WP.
So my FB is the same old, same old. Will I get a “surprise” in a day or two?
Yup.