On 08/13/2014 07:47 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. I'll move forward with it. > > Since Vesa went into specifics, I'll respond to his items directly.
Sorry for delayed response. I'll try to clarify a bit here... > > - align the text/buttons vertically, make sure the top/bottom > margins are even > > That will likely increase the height of the banner. Do you think it's > ok if it gets taller? No no, it doesn't have to increase the height. What I'm saying is to center the text, so that there's the same amount of distance from the top of the text->top edge and bottom of text->bottom edge. All you need is to move the text, the size of the banner can stay the same. > > > - also make sure left/right margins are even > > That should be possible at full screen resolution but due to the > overflow nature of the content on smaller screens, some window > dimensions won't be even. Yeah, I don't think it's a big concern. Again, to be clear, speaking of the internal margins in the image. Also, very small screens often scale the content anyways... Anyway, as long as it's even on fullscreen, that's good enough. > > > - improve the background: too blurry, shows some aliasing > > That was actually intentional because it's a tiled JPG and weighs in > at a very small file size but point taken. It will be easily > replaceable via github once the commit is in. Cool. JPG's aren't really useful for anything other than photos... the artifacting on them is very noticeable and ugly on all computer-generated graphics. If size is a concern, it would be better to use GIF, since there are so few colours in the background that you can probably get away just fine with an 8-bit palette. (Sure, it's an obsolete format, but it still works pretty well for some corner cases.) Just don't use dithering when you convert to 8-bit, that'll look ugly... if it turns out that 8-bit isn't enough after all, then an optimized PNG is a good second choice. > > > - possibly make the button backgrounds a bit darker, and maybe add > a *very* slight gradient to them (vertical gradient, light > top-dark bottom) > > This is something I hadn't brought up yet, but we're currently working > with a vanilla bootstrap theme so our buttons currently look like the > rest of the world. I'd be happy to override these colors with ones > we've chosen that better personalize the page. Would you propose we > do it site-wide, or a one-off use for the jumbotron only? I haven't had much chance to look at the rest of the site yet, but if the style is similar, then I'd suggest the same change for the buttons there as well. Just keep the gradient subtle - too much looks garish, but just the right amount gives the button some depth and makes it stand out as UI element. Also, not sure if we already do this, but highlighting on hover would be a good idea - just a slight increase in brightness when hovered over. This could be a short CSS transition, maybe 100ms or so. > > > - improve the reflection effect on the image, have it fade out > more gradually, currently looks like the reflection is cut in half > > Same height considerations as the button recommendations. It's a > transparent PNG so it can easily be replaced. The image can stay the same size. Just increase the length of the alpha gradient...
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