Hi, On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 04:41, Thibaut Camberlin < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Ludovic Dubost <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm +1 for a new color theme. > > > > also +1 but as Vincent mentions, I fear it is a bit late for 3.0... > I agree that right now is too late for a change (though I kinda like the orange version). > I'm -1 for changing it on each release, because we need to have a bit of > > visual identity. > > > > Currently I'm not overwhelmed by any of the proposals. > > I think XWiki really needs a nice default "neutral" color theme that is > > simple and not aggressive in any way. > > It should make people ok with having that as a public web site if they > > don't want to work on their own. > > It should be simple and use usual colors to please the majority. > > > > Right now the "grey" is too aggressive. Especially for the "Edit" menu > bar. > > It generates a too big contrasts with the main color. > > I'm in general not liking this menu bar more and more. It stands out too > > much and in my view would be better as buttons on a white background, > which > > something making the "edit" button stands out more than the others. > > > > Yes, make "edit" button stand out (and look like an action button) would be > very nice. > > > > > > Also the look is too "square" which makes it a bit aggressive too. > > > > Yes, especially the panels, the action bar and the section that displays > bottom tabs (history, attachments, etc.) > > > > > > If we are going to change something we should go for: > > > > - soft coloring > > - make the menu bars integrate better, especially the "edit" one > > - more rounding > > - a bit of color fading (in the main logo bar) > > > > +1 for all this. > +1 as well. If we want to change the default color theme, let's make it a planned feature and do it right for one of the 3.x releases. Changing it at the last minute just before a major release doesn't feel right to me. Guillaume > > Ludovic > > > > Le 26/03/11 15:54, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit : > > > > 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. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Ludovic Dubost > > Blog: http://blog.ludovic.org/ > > XWiki: http://www.xwiki.com > > Skype: ldubost GTalk: ldubost > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
