I like it.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> I have an updated APK for you to try:
>
> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/alphas/wikipedia_20140710.apk
>
> Could you (and anyone else who cares to try it) let me know if this still
> produces the seizure-inducing effect?
> This is also updated to more closely match the design mockup.
>
>
> -Dmitry
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Indeed. For clarity, here's how I prioritise the improvements I suggested:
>>
>>    - Improving the transition between night and day is "future release".
>>    - Getting the panel design closer to the design spec is "second
>>    release" at worst, but ideally "first release".
>>    - Removing the seizure-inducing transitions is "first release".
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
>> On 10 July 2014 13:47, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> The transition of closing and reopening the activity is, unfortunately,
>>> the only way to change themes in Android (the only relatively easy way,
>>> that is).  The other way would be to manually iterate through every
>>> component in the activity, and set its color based on the selected theme.
>>> That would require significantly more code, and would create a lot more
>>> things to maintain and keep track of.  If you're OK releasing it as-is for
>>> now, that would be preferable.
>>>
>>> Getting the appearance closer to the design mockup is easily done.  And
>>> I'll try to reproduce the seizure-inducing behavior (hopefully without any
>>> medical consequences).
>>>
>>> -Dmitry
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh, also, I think we need to work on the transition. There's an
>>>> animation played when you change between night and day modes due to the app
>>>> reloading the activity. This gives the impression of it loading a new page,
>>>> which isn't the way the interaction should work here. This is done mostly
>>>> for technical reasons, so I'm okay with it for now, but in the long run we
>>>> need to iron out that too.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys!
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10 July 2014 12:49, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I took a look at the APK. It looks pretty good! Some notes:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - I'd like to see the design for the selector get closer to the
>>>>>    design that Vibha provided.
>>>>>    - There's a slight seizure-inducing moment when loading a new page
>>>>>    in night mode; a white screen flashes at you during the transition. 
>>>>> This
>>>>>    needs ironing out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 July 2014 14:45, 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dan Garry
>>>>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dan Garry
>>>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan Garry
>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
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