2012/10/12 Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > I am seeking for some small changes to give our product a little fresh > look. Changes that are more low cost and don't require huge > implementation efforts. > > For example all the grey colors are not so nice and I tried a new color > for the application background. I would like to propose that we change > the default color to a new fresh one. If our users don't like and prefer > the old grey one they can easy revert it via the option dialog. > > The question is about the start center because the changed application > background has no impact on the start center yet. But I think this is a > bug. > > Examples: > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/test/aoo_new_defautl_background.png > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/test/aoo_new_defautl_background2.png > > I know that probably many have an opinion about the color. But more > important for now is the question if we want such a change in general. > In the end the color should fit to other branding items as well. > > UX has probably some comments and feedback here as well? > > Juergen >
The change is a good idea, but that blue seems a bit too strong to my eyes. Considering that a normal user will spend many hours in front of the product, light colours are better, IMO. Regards Ricardo
