Look & Feel

agutierrezb said:
Lol, I was just heading here to post my own quick mockup:

I basically did the same as @zombie.modernist with the logo and top banner, plus I got rid of a good deal of the orange in the main toolbar.

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Also, I think the forum needs to define 1 or 2 fonts to give it a distinctive look, because it looks to me like the one we have now is the standard one from the default template.
Again, I'm not trying to be an a-hole, I'm just voicing my opinion and offering my help in case the community and staff wants it :) I just want our new home to look sexy AF
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IMO this feels much better. The only change I would make is the white on yellow of “new posts” to black, otherwise feels like a much more clear layout. Here the accent color is used only for a functional purpose ie navigability. Are you a UX/UI designer?
 
EVERYTHING LOOKS SO GOOOOOOOOOD! Also mad props too whoever did the logo!

One thing I have noticed right away is when highlighting text for the dark mode that the highlight saturation/color is way too high. It's pretty much completely black.
 
helllord said:
hi this skin is nice, but the white font on orange bubble for notifications is unreadable (sort of like on "preview" when you're writing a post, but less characters makes it really hard).
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I second this. For my eyes, it's even worse. I can't even tell that there is text in that bubble. If I look carefully, I see a white smudge. I also see a similar effect in the preview button in this editor.

As a possibly related issue, I also see orange text on white when I mouse over various elements like "Next" buttons and member names in posts. I guess that's not as bad because I can at least read them before mousing over them.

These are all for the light theme. When I tried the dark theme, I couldn't read the posts; the text looked like a gray smear in the shape of the paragraphs.
 
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In the dark theme it is very difficult for me to distinguish threads that are read or not. They are exactly the same color and weight with the unread having just a subtle bold applied. Before it was immediately clear and now I essentially cannot tell at all. Otherwise, with a few tweaks such as separating link colors I’m pretty ok with this general direction.
 
zombie.modernist said:
IMO this feels much better. The only change I would make is the white on yellow of “new posts” to black, otherwise feels like a much more clear layout. Here the accent color is used only for a functional purpose ie navigability. Are you a UX/UI designer?
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Lol no, I'm an architect. We architects like to think we can do the job of graphic designers, but in reality we pretty much suck at it.
 
Mr Moore said:
Bottom of screen, click on Needles & Grooves Light for options.

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Thanks boss - agree with others, dark is good under certain circumstances (ie trying to find a good record deal while your wife sleeps next to you) but light theme should be standard. Ideally dial down the orange accents too but I am sympathetic, sometimes wrangling the last 5% of changes can take 50% of your time.

Take your time Admins - you've done an amazing job in 4 days, YES FOUR DAYS!! And don't be afraid to make some executive decisions - sometimes responding to all feedback will leave you with the car that Homer Simpson built...

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AngryVal said:
Thanks boss - agree with others, dark is good under certain circumstances (ie trying to find a good record deal while your wife sleeps next to you) but light theme should be standard. Ideally dial down the orange accents too but I am sympathetic, sometimes wrangling the last 5% of changes can take 50% of your time.

Take your time Admins - you've done an amazing job in 4 days, YES FOUR DAYS!! And don't be afraid to make some executive decisions - sometimes responding to all feedback will leave you with the car that Homer Simpson built...

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What this site needs is more cup holders.
 
agutierrezb said:
Lol no, I'm an architect. We architects like to think we can do the job of graphic designers, but in reality we pretty much suck at it.
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Haha, far too familiar with that! You’re one of the good ones, had me fooled. One of my coworkers (fellow designer) is a former architect. The skills translate pretty well but no one would want me drafting plans for a building.
 
apholden said:
And now, a break from the whining. I love the look. Even the orange/yellow/orangish yellow looks good to me. As @AngryVal said earlier, this is amazing when we remember this happened after 4 days. And not just 4 days since the release, but 4 days since we discovered we needed it.
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Totally. A big thank you to all the people involved. If this community was the best part of VMP, you're the best part of this community.
 
I hadn't looked around enough and seen this thread. My thoughts - I really like the new logo. Kudos on that, @Alexander.

As for the yellow/orange debate, I'm definitely getting a harvest gold sense from the drop-down menus at the top, but full-on yellow for the Post reply and Preview buttons. I'm never going to like much of anything that uses a yellow or orange theme, and this is no different. It's primarily a personal aesthetic as a yellow shirt will instantly make me look jaundiced. In general, just don't like those colors. It also, unfortunately, made me instantly think of those ridiculous anoraks.
 
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