Site updates for BetterExplained.com

October 26, 2011 by kalid

After a few years, I thought it was time for a new layout. The goals:

Be warm & friendly
Be clean & readable (more whitespace & larger fonts)
Be easy to skim & search (search results and posts have image previews)

BetterExplained isn’t an authority lecturing you on facts: it’s an excited friend sharing what actually helped when learning. I don’t want to give the impression of some all-knowing reference — it’s a journey of discovery.

The layout is new and kinks are likely — let me know if anything is off!

-Kalid

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18 thoughts on “Site updates for BetterExplained.com”

tasnim on October 26, 2011 at 10:22 pm said:

itz simply great
tasnim on October 26, 2011 at 10:25 pm said:

but when um gonna read “Rethinking Arithmetic: A Visual Guide”

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this ad blocks the view of 1st two lines ending.u should check that
Audrey on October 27, 2011 at 3:48 am said:

So wonderful to read your work Kalid, as usual! I love the new look, although I can’t imagine how you could be more friendly, warm, readable, than you already were!
Audrey on October 27, 2011 at 3:49 am said:

…and the time as I post is NOT 3:48 in the morning, just in case that makes me look a bit strange, it’s 7:48 in Mtl!
Joe on October 27, 2011 at 5:21 am said:

It looks very nice!
kalid on October 27, 2011 at 11:40 am said:

@tasnim: Thanks! I just fixed the layout.

@Audrey: Haha, I think I might need to fix up the timezone settings =). Appreciate the kind words!

@Joe: Thanks you!
Brandon on October 27, 2011 at 8:14 pm said:

This is such an awesome site! I tell more and more friends about it everyday! I’m a physics student and it’s really motivating to read about new ways of thinking about ideas that I’m expected to know by heart! I hope you can do this forever, haha. Keep up the good work, it’s much apprecaited!
kalid on October 27, 2011 at 8:41 pm said:

@Brandon: Awesome, really glad you’re enjoying it! (And thanks for helping spread the word ). I’d love to keep doing this for as long as I can!
Kevin on October 29, 2011 at 2:11 pm said:

What are your credentials? College degrees?
Kalid on October 31, 2011 at 9:04 am said:

@Kevin: There’s more about me on the about page (http://betterexplained.com/about/). Though I’ve done a lot of schooling for math, etc. that isn’t necessary to write about or enjoy the subject!
Aerodyno on November 1, 2011 at 9:51 pm said:

on a PC in Chrome at 1024×768 screen resolution it looks a bit off centered, but otherwise love the new layout!!!!
kalid on November 2, 2011 at 8:14 am said:

@Aerodyno: Thanks, will have to check it out!
Anne on November 11, 2011 at 9:56 pm said:

Love the new layout!
Slight issue with title size when Javascript is turned off (Firefox):
http://i.imgur.com/7PAX9.png
kalid on November 11, 2011 at 10:59 pm said:

Thanks Anne! I think it might be an issue with the font not downloading properly, appreciate the bug report!
vasanth on November 17, 2011 at 5:57 am said:

Looks great !
kalid on November 28, 2011 at 3:08 pm said:

@vasanth: Thank you!
jacob on January 12, 2012 at 10:34 am said:

Finally, the design match the content of this awesome site.
kalid on January 17, 2012 at 12:07 pm said:

@jacob: Thanks!

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