Hello, On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Ludovic Dubost <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm +1 for a new color theme. > also +1 but as Vincent mentions, I fear it is a bit late for 3.0... > I'm -1 for changing it on each release, because we need to have a bit of > visual identity. > > Currently I'm not overwhelmed by any of the proposals. > I think XWiki really needs a nice default "neutral" color theme that is > simple and not aggressive in any way. > It should make people ok with having that as a public web site if they > don't want to work on their own. > It should be simple and use usual colors to please the majority. > > Right now the "grey" is too aggressive. Especially for the "Edit" menu bar. > It generates a too big contrasts with the main color. > I'm in general not liking this menu bar more and more. It stands out too > much and in my view would be better as buttons on a white background, which > something making the "edit" button stands out more than the others. > Yes, make "edit" button stand out (and look like an action button) would be very nice. > > Also the look is too "square" which makes it a bit aggressive too. > Yes, especially the panels, the action bar and the section that displays bottom tabs (history, attachments, etc.) > > If we are going to change something we should go for: > > - soft coloring > - make the menu bars integrate better, especially the "edit" one > - more rounding > - a bit of color fading (in the main logo bar) > +1 for all this. > > Ludovic > > Le 26/03/11 15:54, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit : > > On 03/26/2011 03:45 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: >> >>> On 03/26/2011 03:24 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi devs, >>>>> >>>>> One thing that was neglected in the preparation of 3.0 is a fresh >>>>> default color theme for this new release cycle. >>>>> >>>>> What I propose is to use by default a theme similar with the current >>>>> xwiki.org themes: dark grey menus and panel headers, and a lively >>>>> colored page header. Besides bringing a fresh look to the default >>>>> wiki, this combination has the advantage of having been used and >>>>> tested on xwiki.org for several months, so there will be no unpleasant >>>>> surprises (like wrong contrasts) coming with this change. Here are two >>>>> themes that follow this pattern, both having a stylish gradient as >>>>> header image: >>>>> - orange: >>>>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/Extension/Soft+Orange+ColorTheme >>>>> - blue: >>>>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme >>>>> >>>>> My +1 goes for using the orange version as default color theme in 3.0. >>>>> >>>> I'm definitely +1 for a new default color theme for the 3.0 cycle. >>>> >>> Even if it's not perfect, it's a starting point, and it shows something >>> fresh for 3.0. >>> >>> I'm afraid the two themes proposed still have two strong colors for >>>> menu background color / panel header background color. I think it will >>>> look odd on a dashboard for example. >>>> I'd like to see something less aggressive in this area, WDYT ? >>>> >>> Personally I don't find it too striking. Here's how it looks, and some >>> alternatives: >>> >>> >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue0.png >>> >>> >>> >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue1.png >>> >>> >>> >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue2.png >>> >>> >>> Otherwise my vote would go for the blue proposition >>>> >>> Here's an idea: for each (final) release of the 3.x cycle, we use a >> different color. Ciprian also has a green one already. >> >> > > -- > Ludovic Dubost > Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ > XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
