2011/7/17 Guillaume Lelarge <[email protected]> > On Sun, 2011-07-17 at 12:50 +0200, Jasmin Dizdarevic wrote: > > > > > > 2011/7/17 Dave Page <[email protected]> > > On Saturday, July 16, 2011, Guillaume Lelarge > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 22:53 +0200, Jasmin Dizdarevic wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> > > >> after 5 years it would be good to update the pgadmin.org > > website. The > > >> design isn't modern any more. I've got some ideas, may I > > try it? > > >> > > > > > > Hmmm, I don't know what Dave would think of that. It won't > > harm to at > > > least try :) > > > > > > > > > A refresh wouldn't hurt - suggestions for replacements are > > definitely > > welcome, though, certainly not guaranteed to be accepted > > without much > > discussion and revision (and likely a fair amount of bike > > shedding). > > > > That's understandable and welcome. Here is the proposal: > > > > > > 1. I've added some contrast color (red) to the page so that it doesn't > > look so monotone > > I don't really like it. Sure, it doesn't look monotone, but it doesn't > look good at all. It's just too much red. >
if we reduce borders, it shouldn't be to much (see P5) Dave, could you send me the elephant as a single picture - best would be the elephant and a transparent background? And the font of "pgAdmin" on the top. I could do a little bit more if i got these things. > > > 2. refreshed the navigation bar > > I find it a bit better. > > > 3. removed the web-search buttons in the right corner and moved the > > language selection > > That part is really a good idea. > > > 4. decreased the font > > 5. borders > > You mean the red border or the shadow? Anyway, I don't like both. It > doesn't look good in a big monitor. I much prefer when the website take > all the space available. > the 100% full space websites aren't really common nowadays (see github.com, postgresql.org, and much much more), so i think we shouldn't keep it. you're right, the border doesn't look very well, it could be more elegant. > > > Most of the changes are css-hacks. If we like to do a real redesign, > > there is much more to do. I didn't change any content yet and worked > > just on LeftToRight-Design. > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > http://pgadmin.inoreport.com > > > > > > Not really a big fan of this design. I really prefer the one we already > have. Sorry. > > > no problem, it's clear that we have to discuss it. > -- > Guillaume > http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info > http://www.dalibo.com > >
