[Adding at the end Jakub's feedback since apparently his message hasn't hit the list (yet)]
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 11:05 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > * most subsites won't have their own logo, so > presumably the GUADEC logo will be replaced with the > standard gnome foot. Will that mean two gnome logos in > the header? If in GNOME an applet deserves an own icon, why a subsite can't deserve an own logo. ;) But well, in the current situation those subsites without logo are generally the ones really tight to GNOME core (i.e. Download). Perhaps a solution to these would be to have the one and only GNOME logo expanded, more or less as it is now gnome.org, plus a text header. This is more or less what we are already doing in subsites like http://foundation.gnome.org/ . The difference would be that the subsite navigation would have a horizontal bar like http://beta.guadec.org instead of the current right column block. This solution would be as applicable to "light" subsites without own logo as "heavy" subsites like GUADEC's, http://art.gnome.org/, http://planet.gnome.org/ and most projects i.e. http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/ or http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ > * a bit of the planet graphic is visible beneath the > lower bar, where it blends in with the thick pale blue > line. This is a nice idea, but it sort of makes me > think my browser is broken and is displaying the lower > link bar 10px too high. Perhaps you think this because you're nearer to a geek than to a normal GNOME user. Be poetic, love the aesthetics! ;) More seriously, we did discuss this and we ended up thinking it was a nice idea, like you say, so why not keep it. I like this overlapping concept, to me looks like "integrating parts", which I think is an essential GNOME component (now you see I'm nearer to a marketing lingo-bingo guy than to a normal GNOME user anyway). :) > * overall it's quite tall. Things like the grey bar at > the very top and the pale blue bar could maybe > removed? I also find it tall and I don't think we should have a taller header than i.e. Mozilla, Yahoo!, Amazon or CNN. However, I don't think we get to the right height by taking elements out but by shrinking a but the current ones: - With such small but readable font in the nav bars, it is possible to have shorter tabs. - You may get the same feeling of "wide planet" with less planet, also the same feeling of cleanness with less white. - Once you have changed this, you see that you can also cut a couple of pixels more from the pale blue strip can also be safely removed. This would give a more compact feeling to the header, I think. This will also require the subsite logo more integrated, now it's like floating without landing. > * I can't figure out why the lower link bar has a > right margin. then again, I can't think of a reason > why it shouldn't, either. I like it. Gives a sense of proximity (the folder in front of you). The top bar without margin looks like behind, which is good. > * one thing Shaun's recent mockup has that this > doesn't is the strong sense that you're somewhere on > GNOME space. The white on black gnome foot & text is a > clear marker that would carry through all sites. Even > if we add the gnome foot to the top bar, the fact that > it's right-aligned will make it less visible. I agree. There is something to learn and implement from Shaun's GNOME bar. And I've added your suggestions at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335374 in order to keep track. Feel free to continue/copy there. But... tavon, what do you think? On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 14:21 +0100, Jakub Steiner wrote: > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 11:35 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: > > Please have a look at the new GUADEC theme: http://beta.guadec.org > > Hi. > > Looks fab! I suggest you add `body {background-color: #fff;}` as people > with dark widget theme (non-white for base[NORMAL] for gtk browsers) > will get a sub-optimal result. Alternatively you could use RGBA PNGs > instead of flattening images to white, but that has size implications. -- Quim Gil /// http://desdeamericaconamor.org | http://guadec.org _______________________________________________ gnome-web-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
