Thanks for all your input. I will definitely weigh this in along with other people's feedback into the colors iteration.
---- Vibha Bamba Senior Designer | WMF Design On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Bernd Sitzmann <[email protected]> wrote: > I also prefer the gray background. Maybe we could do that for the nav > drawer in general, too, instead of the black background. > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sure, here's the APK: >> >> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/alphas/wikipedia_20140709.apk >> >> The above uses the slightly-grey colors (instead of all black). >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the update Dmitry. >>> >>> From a high-level product standpoint I'm very happy with what I'm seeing >>> in both of those screenshots. I probably slightly prefer the grey (the >>> solid black looks a bit glossy on my tablet in experience, which defeats >>> the point a bit), but it's primarily a design issue and I'll support their >>> choice. >>> >>> Would you like some input from me before it hits the signoff column? I'm >>> fine either way, but if you want some quick input from me on your >>> work-in-progress build just send me an APK and I'll take a look. :-) >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On 9 July 2014 14:33, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color scheme. >>>> The major points that were touched upon: >>>> >>>> - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or "neon-y". >>>> Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue color for >>>> links. >>>> >>>> - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified >>>> (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu: >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png >>>> As opposed to: >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png >>>> >>>> Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer the >>>> latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black article >>>> background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* >>>> minimalist. >>>> >>>> >>>> -Dmitry >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Garry >>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >> >
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