One other thing, the buttons look better green when they match the logo. :)
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Ian Sannar <ian.san...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Tres, That's great! Looks much better. The only suggestion I have is to > make sure things are capitalized and punctuated unless it's intentional. > I'm definitely liking this so far. I'll let you know if I have any more > suggestions. > Is there a site where we can view the current mock-up? > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Vesa <dii....@nbl.fi> wrote: > >> On 08/13/2014 07:47 AM, Tres Finocchiaro wrote: >> >> Thanks for the feedback. I'll move forward with it. >> >> Since Vesa went into specifics, I'll respond to his items directly. >> >> >> Sorry for delayed response. I'll try to clarify a bit here... >> >> >> >> - align the text/buttons vertically, make sure the top/bottom margins are >>> even >>> >> That will likely increase the height of the banner. Do you think it's ok >> if it gets taller? >> >> >> No no, it doesn't have to increase the height. What I'm saying is to >> center the text, so that there's the same amount of distance from the top >> of the text->top edge and bottom of text->bottom edge. All you need is to >> move the text, the size of the banner can stay the same. >> >> >> >> >>> - also make sure left/right margins are even >>> >> That should be possible at full screen resolution but due to the overflow >> nature of the content on smaller screens, some window dimensions won't be >> even. >> >> >> Yeah, I don't think it's a big concern. Again, to be clear, speaking of >> the internal margins in the image. Also, very small screens often scale the >> content anyways... Anyway, as long as it's even on fullscreen, that's good >> enough. >> >> >> >> >>> - improve the background: too blurry, shows some aliasing >>> >> That was actually intentional because it's a tiled JPG and weighs in at a >> very small file size but point taken. It will be easily replaceable via >> github once the commit is in. >> >> >> Cool. JPG's aren't really useful for anything other than photos... the >> artifacting on them is very noticeable and ugly on all computer-generated >> graphics. If size is a concern, it would be better to use GIF, since there >> are so few colours in the background that you can probably get away just >> fine with an 8-bit palette. (Sure, it's an obsolete format, but it still >> works pretty well for some corner cases.) Just don't use dithering when you >> convert to 8-bit, that'll look ugly... if it turns out that 8-bit isn't >> enough after all, then an optimized PNG is a good second choice. >> >> >> >> >>> - possibly make the button backgrounds a bit darker, and maybe add a *very* >>> slight gradient to them (vertical gradient, light top-dark bottom) >>> >> This is something I hadn't brought up yet, but we're currently working >> with a vanilla bootstrap theme so our buttons currently look like the rest >> of the world. I'd be happy to override these colors with ones we've chosen >> that better personalize the page. Would you propose we do it site-wide, or >> a one-off use for the jumbotron only? >> >> >> I haven't had much chance to look at the rest of the site yet, but if the >> style is similar, then I'd suggest the same change for the buttons there as >> well. Just keep the gradient subtle - too much looks garish, but just the >> right amount gives the button some depth and makes it stand out as UI >> element. >> >> Also, not sure if we already do this, but highlighting on hover would be >> a good idea - just a slight increase in brightness when hovered over. This >> could be a short CSS transition, maybe 100ms or so. >> >> >> >> >>> - improve the reflection effect on the image, have it fade out more >>> gradually, >>> currently looks like the reflection is cut in half >> >> Same height considerations as the button recommendations. It's a >> transparent PNG so it can easily be replaced. >> >> >> The image can stay the same size. Just increase the length of the alpha >> gradient... >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LMMS-devel mailing list >> LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel >> >> >
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