On 03/26/2011 03:45 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote: > On 03/26/2011 03:24 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi devs, >>> >>> One thing that was neglected in the preparation of 3.0 is a fresh >>> default color theme for this new release cycle. >>> >>> What I propose is to use by default a theme similar with the current >>> xwiki.org themes: dark grey menus and panel headers, and a lively >>> colored page header. Besides bringing a fresh look to the default >>> wiki, this combination has the advantage of having been used and >>> tested on xwiki.org for several months, so there will be no unpleasant >>> surprises (like wrong contrasts) coming with this change. Here are two >>> themes that follow this pattern, both having a stylish gradient as >>> header image: >>> - orange: >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/Extension/Soft+Orange+ColorTheme >>> - blue: >>> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme >>> >>> My +1 goes for using the orange version as default color theme in 3.0. >> >> I'm definitely +1 for a new default color theme for the 3.0 cycle. > > Even if it's not perfect, it's a starting point, and it shows something > fresh for 3.0. > >> I'm afraid the two themes proposed still have two strong colors for >> menu background color / panel header background color. I think it will >> look odd on a dashboard for example. >> I'd like to see something less aggressive in this area, WDYT ? > > Personally I don't find it too striking. Here's how it looks, and some > alternatives: > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue0.png > > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue1.png > > > http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Extension/Soft+Blue+ColorTheme/softblue2.png > > >> Otherwise my vote would go for the blue proposition
Here's an idea: for each (final) release of the 3.x cycle, we use a different color. Ciprian also has a green one already. -- Sergiu Dumitriu http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
