RSS Saved My Eyes

I have normal vision. I do wear glasses, but I could get away without wearing them most of the time. Admittedly I only started wearing my glasses on a regular basis when I walked straight past my girlfriend without spotting her (this was about ten years ago), but I wouldn't be considered blind. I'm not a designer, nor would I ever claim to be one, but, in common with a lot of people, I can probably recognise nice design when I see it. Unfortunately some blogs are simply painful to look at directly. When I say "painful" I mean that it literally hurts your eyes to look at the horrendous clashes of colours and annoying highlighting. Just because the XHTML validates does not mean that your eyes won't hurt! Maybe some blog designers think they are being clever while they torture the rest of us - I honestly don't know. Blogs (and websites in general) are all about content. Tasteful presentation of the aforementioned content goes a long way, but the content itself is the key differentiator. Thank God for RSS! Without it we'd all miss out on good content that is buried beneath horrific designs.