That's great news Ryan - I can't wait to see the new theme! It's good to know you're willing to help with Flat Grey - I'm no graphics artist. As far as updating Flay Grey - I can create a Jira issue and you can supply patches if you like. I really don't have much to say in addition to what I've said on the mailing list.
Maybe the location of the main navigation tab bar can be controlled by a user setting - top, left, or right. -Adrian --- On Mon, 1/3/11, Ryan Foster <cont...@ryanlfoster.com> wrote: > 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 > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Sascha Rodekamp > >>>> Lynx-Consulting GmbH > >>>> Johanniskirchplatz 6 > >>>> D-33615 Bielefeld > >>>> http://www.lynx.de > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >
