Yeah, I was kinda surprised when I first saw the colorscheme, 'cause I always thought it would be most likely in greens (since LJ is blue and IJ is orange) with a splash of either blue/orange/deep pinks/apple greens for accents here and there.
Reds do work, though I admit, I think Valentine's Day or emergencies (alerts et all)... gossymer On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:09:36 -0800, Highlander II <[email protected]> wrote: > And not that it's a bad thing, but I'll point out that the red-white > layout > theme is really really close to the OTW and OTW archive designs. I don't > think they're so similar that folks will be confused about which site is > which, but it may be something to consider. > > I'll add that the red-white is difficult on the eyes, but I'll also point > out that I like the logo. =) > > H2 > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Denise Paolucci > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Jan 17, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Emily Ravenwood wrote: >> >> > So, I have a question for the list at large. >> > >> > It looks like the wiki has been switched over to the red-and-white >> > color scheme that DW will be using in the site scheme. And, as I was >> > a little afraid of when I looked at the mockups (very spiffy, love >> > the layout), I'm finding those reds difficult to read. As a header, >> > and in the logo, they're fine, but as links and text headers and menu >> > backgrounds, they're hard on my eyes--too bright on a pure white >> > background. >> > >> > I wanted to check whether anyone else is having similar difficulty. >> > How are other people doing with reading those colors? (Example: >> > http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Main_Page) >> > >> > If it's just me, I can fix that on my own with user styles, but if >> > it's more widespread, that seems like something that should be >> > adjusted. >> >> The wiki color scheme isn't exactly the color scheme that we'll be >> using on the site -- close, but we're working to find a version that >> everyone on the design committee finds readable. The text will be >> black-on-white (or, more likely, on a very very very light cream or >> grey, so as not to be *totally* bright), while the headers will be >> closer to the darker red used for the outline on the right-side box >> on the Wiki. >> >> We're also going to offer multiple color schemes by open-beta launch, >> FYI -- so you can pick the one that you find most readable. So, if >> you happen to like something brighter or something more muted, you >> can just pick the appropriate site scheme and it'll show to you >> whenever you're logged in. >> >> --D >> >> -- >> Denise Paolucci >> [email protected] >> Dreamwidth Studios: Open Source, open expression, open operations. >> Coming soon! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dw-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
