I have switched the default Fossil repo over to using the San Francisco Modern skin. Everybody seems to think it looks a lot better, and I agree.
I think the next step of the ongoing Fossil makeover should be to improve the homepage: https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki Suggestions and especially mockups of how this front page should look are welcomed. What are the most important features of Fossil that should be front-and-center on the homepage? I feel like the front page is providing Too Much Information and that eyes gloss over when first-time readers see all that text. (Maybe I'm wrong - let me know!) So what information can be removed from the front-page and what are the essential elements that need to be retained? What else can be done to make Fossil easier? FWIW: I've made some improvements to the techniques available to "skin" designers, and tried to write up a brief introduction to how to design new "skins" at https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/customskin.md - hopefully this will make it a little easier to design new skins for Fossil, will lower the barrier to entry slightly, and encourage more people to come up with innovative new designs. Please read the document, suggest improvements to the document, and give a try at designing a new look if you have talents in that area. That said: as soon as 1.31 goes out the door, I'm going to start a branch for Fossil 2.0, which will be completely 100% compatible with Fossil 1.x in terms of repository and check-ins, but will likely have a modified DOM for the web interface and thus may break any new skins you come up with today. Nevertheless, I want designers to try to make skins using 1.31 so that they can suggest ways of improving the DOM to make skinning and theming easier in 2.0. I will help you convert 1.31 skins into 2.0 skins upon request. Thank you all for your attention and your contributions. -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
