April 1st tends to be a field day for a lot of site owners, bloggers, designers, etc- I guess it’s something silly like poking your finger in the face of the net to say, “I can do anything I want to horrify you with my design abilities now and I can get away with it because it’s only for one day.”
Well, regardless of how many people we startle, horrify, or lack there of, it’s fun. Several years ago, Diary-X (a journaling site like Livejournal, or Blogger) used the layout of Diaryland (their main competitor) and it was hilarious, and of course, all in good fun. Needless to say I’ve enjoyed browsing around to see what sites have played the April Fools layout joke.
For those of you reading on your flists, or after April 1st, here was mine:
