Eek, the website I'm working on is plastered with them :) I wouldn't say they are great though either, I mainly found it handy so as to provide links to places I feel deserve coverage on every page. Also, I'm not such a great graphic artist, so such things, along with tango icons, make my websites more colourful ;)
if the website you are talking about is [1]. I find it great ! Main quality clear/simple, colors are fine (evenif 2 colors). You may : - use only one page, there isn't (today) enough content to make several pages. - provide 2 css left/right handed people. Actually it would be really usefull if this kind of css were supported by browsers, so that it choose automatically the right css. Some think that menus should be on the right side for right handed people... - add current stable/unstable version number with release date in a good place (may be just under the logo). I find this too desapointing to have to look into the news or in CVS to know if the project is dead or not... - Who is working on this project ? - use ALT+PrtScr to take screenshot of a window. The screenshot utility support effects (I know about shadow, it looks like the only one) but I don't how to use it with the shortcut. You may create a new bind. or use this handy command : gnome-screenshot --window --border-effect=shadow --delay=5 gimp scripts would more usefull to do such effects... [2] this one, is just 'too much' but could be revelant somewhere... [1] http://glipper.sourceforge.net/ (.com redirect to 3w.sourceforge.net) [2] http://www.everdusk.be/index.php?page=FR_Plug_in_Gimp_Screenshot_with_style