Mildly obsessive attention to detail

I've made a few cosmetic changes to the banner graphics and the rollover buttons. Y'see, I thought it would be nice if there was some indication on the banner of which section you are currently looking at. So, the item of the section you are currently looking at is now highlighted in orange as opposed to the regular grey.

A nice touch, don't you think? No great aid to usability, to be sure, but nice.

But... uh... I couldn't stop there, could I? Oh no. As pleased as I was with this fairly inconsequential aesthetic amendment, something did not sit right. The glow. You'll notice that the "hover" image simply turns the text from grey to burgundy with a small amount of burgundy glow. But when I passed the mouse pointer over the new orange highlighted text image the switch to burgundy with the burgundy glow didn't look quite right to me. Something had to be done. I know, I thought, I'll keep the burgundy text colour but I'll change the glow to orange!

Oh yes! That looks so much more effective. Heh heh heh, grey text... orange text... burgundy rollover with burgundy glow... burgundy rollover with orange glow!

It's that kind of small attention to detail that makes a good website. Of course, it's Saturday night and I am at home fussing over tiny aesthetic considerations on my website that nobody will even notice rather than, say, going out, getting drunk, meeting people, dancing and getting laid.

You may find it hard to believe that I don't actually live in my parents' basement.