+1 - I totally agree. Let's fix this puppy up right - taking in the recommendations of everyone. This first impression is a much better one IMHO - but there are things that need to get tweaked to make it work right.
I'm all in favor of really looking into all of the organization around the apps and coming up with something that's: 1. Better looking 2. Easier to use 3. More intuitive 4. etc yeah - I want it all, what can I say? Cheers, Tim -- Tim Ruppert HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com o:801.649.6594 f:801.649.6595 ----- "Sam Hamilton" <sam.hamil...@virtualvillage.com> wrote: > +1 for changing to something that gives a great first impression to > people new to OFBiz so would tend to want to use smoothfeather as the > default to carry the theme through from the website. > > Sam > > > On 11/04/2009 06:21, "David Jones" <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> > wrote: > > > > Now that we have some nice themes in place I'm wondering if we > shouldn't change the default theme, especially for the back-end. The > old blue-grey-flat theme (which we should probably move to a theme > component) is functional and I suppose lightweight too, but perhaps > doesn't give the best first impression. > > Right now we have 2 alternative themes for the back-end (the > bluelight > theme and the smoothfeather theme which is meant to look like the new > web site), and 1 alternative theme for ecommerce (the multiflex > theme). > > One issue with all of these is they haven't been tested as thoroughly > as the old stuff, but I'm not too worried about that because there > are > issues with the new default lots of people will see it soon and we > should be able to get things fixed pretty fast. In my own testing > both > of the back-end ones seem pretty solid (I haven't played with the > ecommerce one yet). > > Anyway, please respond with your thoughts on this. I considered > opening a vote, but a general discussion is probably better first > (and > a vote may not be needed depending on how this discussion goes). > > BTW, yes, this is for marketing purposes and should happen before the > release branch next Tuesday. > > -David
