> > (Dropping systems@ and adding marketing@, as this is more of a design > discussion.) > > Thank you Josh for your contributions to Sugar Labs! > > I must admit that I would prefer to see a bit more of the Sugar style > elements maintained or added to the Sugar Labs wiki skin. > > The proposed skin at http://wiki-devel.sugarlabs.org/ has lost many of the > style elements found in our product, Sugar, as expressed in The Sugar > Interface/Controls<http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Controls>. > In particular, the bold strokes of the Sugar icons on the tabs, the dark > background of the Sugar toolbar with gray-scale icons, and colors holding > special > meaning<http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface#Imbuing_Color_with_Meaning> > . > > I like that the proposed skin includes the single-line logo (hoping also > that it can be placed so that it also works with the very common monobook > skin and others). > > Among our sister sites, my favorites for header and navigation linkbars > are http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ and http://git.sugarlabs.org/ (primarily > because they both seem to use bold underline strokes on the event of mouse > pointer hover, and their dark backgrounds remind me of the Sugar toolbar). > I'd prefer that the bright colors of links carry 'special meaning' by being > revealed on hover, indicating the appropriate time for user participation, > that is a click of a mouse button. The current header navigation links at > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/ and most of the current tab links have this > behavior, but need the bolder strokes and underscores of the translate and > git headers. Having the descender on the 'g' hang over the bottom of the > header area at the translate does add a bit of spice, even if it flirts with > the Marketing Team's Logo > guidelines<http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Logo> > . > > In the content areas, to keep a clean, uncluttered, and easy-to-read page > (especially because of descenders on the typeface), I prefer to have the > underscores appear on links only when they are activated by mouse hover. In > the proposed skin, compare, for example, the greater ease of reading those > links on the sidebar versus the links in the table of contents box. > > Thank you for considering the thoughts and preferences I've presented > above. > > --Fred >
For those interested in follow-up details, you may use this wiki page for sharing and collaboration, http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Roadmap/Wiki_skin_redesign. (Josh has a new version of the skin to review at http://wiki-devel.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs.) --Fred
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