layoutrants!

ugh!

going_x_crazy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:28:58 GMT

Dear LJ users,

What is it lately with everyone using layouts that have white backgrounds with light colored, tiny text? And it doesn't help me at all when your custom highlight colors are a white background and a lighter shade of the text color! Oh, and then making links white upon hovering... not cute. My eyes hurt from trying to read your posts. :\

The last 5 graphic journals I tried looking through were all like this. Do you want me to see your stuff or what?!

67 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:21:33 GMT

I hate this trend of having to DOWNLOAD css for layouts. I guess it's because the maker wants to know how many people are using it, but if you just want to see if a layout looks good on your journal you don't necessarily want to have to download something right? Idk. I hate it.

self rant

unreal — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:46:39 GMT

So I made a layout. Tested it in IE and FF and both worked fine. Now I have some people telling me the header isn't showing. And they all use FF. But how can I see it when they can't?

And then I feel stupid because I can't help them

talkofcake — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:02:14 GMT

My rant is simple. You make really pretty layouts. They're not unique, per se, but they are aesthetically pleasing. But every layout looks the same. Honestly, there's hardly any variation. You change the colors, but it's usually the same top-bar, centered entry, with floating userpic layout every time. I'd just really like to see some variation from you.

i'll never stop ranting about this

kyklooppi — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:28:27 GMT

it seems almost everything is gray and white these days...

yeaaah yeah yeah, i'm using a white/gray layout too rn, but it's because i don't hate them: i'd just love to see more variation.

unreal — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:18:15 GMT

You make layouts. Great. But if people have any questions they need to ask at a layout help community because you won't help them. What's the point then of making them then?

And I hate it when I stumble upon a community only to found out there is no link to the userinfo on the layout. Or any links.

stockiconmod — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:31:34 GMT

I love tags. You could even say I'm a tiny bit obsessed with tags. And yes, I am one of those people who, even though there is only one icon with a child on it on the whole batch, will create and attach an appropriate tag.

Then why, why, why... is it so hard to find a nice layout with a 'tag me' link right there on the recent entries page? I'd like to be able to tag icon posts without having to click on the comment link first, you know.

Dear Santa, for Christmas, a nice, simple, clean layout with a sidebar for the tags list and a 'tag me' link on the recent entries page. Thank you.

unreal — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:54:37 GMT

Crediting just mintyapple for the layout you're using is not the way to credit.

wireself — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:02:19 GMT

omfg stop it with the temporary live previews...

unreal — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:50:45 GMT

So layout contest. I enter voting begins. People can also leave reactions.

#1 I didn't vote for 3 because I didn't like the positioning of the members.
#2 3 is too similar to the current one in terms of theme/atmosphere.

And with #2. The layouts of the two other people (just the layouts without the header) looked the same like the current one. But the fact that my header used the same photoshoot as the current header was much worse.

And I don't need to win. But the reasons why not annoyed me.

wireself — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:30:52 GMT

hey maker x (who has been ranted about before ;)), i like your layouts, but i HATE the way you keep abusing the opacity effects and shrinking the userpics into 50x50 oslt. please stoooop :(

ruthenia_alba — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:15:58 GMT

If you're going to ask for help in a layout community, don't start with an extensive, tearjerking description of the terrifying torment you suffered trying to make changes yourself. Don't tell us you'd been in pain struggling for hours and days, making thousands of attempts, and you'd nearly gone mad for completely nothing as a result!

Just start from your problem. Thank you.

causefire — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:42:47 GMT

I think it's really annoying when people post download links for their CSS files. I don't wanna save every stupid css to my computer! Why not just post the stupid code so I can copy&paste? -.-

a short rant

wireself — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:49:48 GMT

just how fucking gray can you make one layout?!

causefire — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:02:41 GMT

So uh... you hardly ever change the colors of your layouts (all the same every single time, well okay sometimes dark, sometimes light background), you move the userpic from right to left, maybe change the size of it... sometimes with and sometimes without sidebar/topbar. And then you post each of these creative thingies as a NEW LAYOUT??? Srsly? And people keep memming your entries... I say you need to mem one entry and you know them all. -.-

Nice that you can edit your own CSS Code but no need to post every single bit you change as a new layout. *headdesk*

welcome

wireself — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:13:29 GMT

Lately iconrants has received rants about livejournal layouts. This has been annoying some of the community's members, since iconrants is for... you know, icon related rants.

So, welcome to layoutrants - Feel free to post all your layout annoyances here!

Rules:
- Use LJ cut on long rants.
- Rant about layouts, not the creators of the layouts!
- No trolling or harassing anyone
- Keep drama away
- No linking to personal journals etc.
- Please, no grudge posts.

A minor edit: posting should be open, let the ranting begin!