I would like to throw out the idea we keep flat grey as a test layout.
this is the one I use for ui testing with Selenium.
so if you improve it save the current one as Selenium theme.
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Ryan Foster sent the following on 1/3/2011 10:39 AM:
IMO I see no reason to have a "Flat Grey Evolution" theme. Adrian is right,
the Flat Grey theme hasn't had a visual update in years and it looks very dated. It
needs some love. Let's not add another improved version, let's just improve the version
we have now. I think that is more efficient and more beneficial in the long run.
As far as the tabs go, we can still keep a horizontal, tab-like navigation
without actually having the tabs look like tabs. Because, the absolutely do
look terrible displayed in two rows. Adrian, I would be happy to collaborate
with you on this. I think I have some ideas that could help. Email me
directly if you want to hash out some ideas outside of this mailing list
discussion.
Consequently, as far as new admin themes go, I guess I can use this as an
opportunity as well to drop a teaser about a new theme I have been working on
already for some time now that I honestly hope will become the go-to theme for
scalability and customization, and that will eventually replace the Flat Grey
theme altogether. The new theme scales down very well to 800x600 and has
minimal styling for maximum flexibility and customization. Stay tuned for more
details in the next few days...
Ryan L. Foster
801.671.0769
cont...@ryanlfoster.com
On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Adrian Crum wrote:
Chiclet refers to a brand of chewing gum. The tabs look like pieces of Chiclets
chewing gum. They look terrible when they are displayed in two rows.
-Adrian
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Jacques Le Roux<jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote:
By "chiclet" main navigation style,
you mean the tabs? Then I think we should keep Flat Grey as
it is (because there are advantages
to have tabs) and create a Flat Grey evolution...
Jacques
From: "Adrian Crum"<adrian.c...@yahoo.com>
I was thinking we could use colors from the Apache logo
and the BizznessTime theme. I would also like to get rid of
the "chiclet"
main navigation style, and maybe have that menu in a
collapsible left column.
-Adrian
--- On Sun, 1/2/11, Sascha Rodekamp<sascha.rodekamp.lynx...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
From: Sascha Rodekamp<sascha.rodekamp.lynx...@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: Discussion: Flat Grey Visual Theme
To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org,
"Jacques Le Roux"<jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 2:27 AM
I really would appreciate to keep the
Flat Gray. But you're right it needs a
few visual improvements.
Let me think about this, maybe somethink comes to
my mind
..... :-)
Cheers
2010/12/29 Jacques Le Roux<jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com>
IIRW, it's the only really RTL capable. So a
big YES
to keep it, of course.
I have no ideas though :/
Jacques
From: "Adrian Crum"<adrian.c...@yahoo.com>
The Flat Grey visual theme is getting old.
The current version of the theme is based
on the
original look and feel of
OFBiz when I first joined the community -
back in
2004. Around the Spring of
2007 I added some gradient gifs to make
the
original style a little more
interesting.
After that, the visual theme was
converted to a
floating flexible layout
(to fit any size screen), it was made
sight-impaired accessible (font size
can be changed), and it added support
for
bi-directional layout (for rtl
languages). Those design decisions were
made by
the OFBiz community and, in
my opinion, continue to make the Flat
Grey theme
the fallback theme when all
else fails. It just works.
Despite its advantages, it looks dated. I
would
like to update it to make
it more modern, but maintain its
advantages over
the other themes. I'm
thinking it only needs css and gif file
updates.
The current templates and
javascripts would be maintained.
If anyone is interested, they are welcome
to help
out. I would also
appreciate any suggestions or comments.
Let me know what you think.
-Adrian
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Sascha Rodekamp
Lynx-Consulting GmbH
Johanniskirchplatz 6
D-33615 Bielefeld
http://www.lynx.de
