On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 16:10:44 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 15:54:31 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>>
>> Here's a variant with a grey background and the old logo, suggested by veelo on GitHub: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com/variants/grey-oldlogo/
>
> Thanks for trying this. It addresses the complaints and I think it is still an improvement over the live website, although less fresh than your initial proposal. The narrow version still uses your modern logo though.

Yeah, I didn't update it, because there's not much to change from the one that's currently on dlang.org.

On 1/28/15 7:57 AM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 15:54:31 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 20:02:12 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 -
>>> For details see here.
>>> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited
>>> this before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo
>>> color.
>>
>> Here's a variant with a grey background and the old logo, suggested by
>> veelo on GitHub: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com/variants/grey-oldlogo/
>
> Looks more natural than current dlang.org to me

Like

Should probably be a separate pull request but since you have them going: the red in the new menu should be a colour that occurs in the logo, IMO. Currently I think it is B83723 which I cannot find in the old logo. Picking with Gimp in the middle of the logo gives me AD2E25 which might work better.

Regards,
Bastiaan.

Dne 27.1.2015 v 21:02 anonymous via Digitalmars-d napsal(a):
> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 - For
> details see here.
> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited this
> before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo color.

I generaly dislike the flatening trend in design, i.e., removing button borders and such, but all in all it looks fresh and streamlined. I have however issues with navigation - once I click on standard library I can't go back to upper level. Also the link to code.dlang.org is named "more libraries" in top-level and "3rd party packages" in phobos level. I would vote for consistency.

Also the darker color looks better imho.

Martin

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 16:13:44 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> I like it. The grey on the left panel is a bit too dark, though. Maybe
> a touch brighter?
>
> OTOH, if the point is to match it with the grey on the right stream
> boxes, then I guess it's OK.

Yes, it's the same background color: #333 or hls(0,0%,20%) (i.e. lightness = 20%).

The menu vanishes a bit with that background, doesn't it? It looks rather slick, though.

I can't seem to find a good border color for a lighter menu background, because the lightness of the border comes close to that of the page background, and they blend.

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 16:36:57 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
> Should probably be a separate pull request but since you have them going: the red in the new menu should be a colour that occurs in the logo, IMO. Currently I think it is B83723 which I cannot find in the old logo. Picking with Gimp in the middle of the logo gives me AD2E25 which might work better.

You mean the highlight for expanded collapseable sections (e.g. "D Reference")? I took that from the current <dlang.org>, should have been #BA361B. I agree, #AD2E25 looks way better. Updated the preview.

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 19:04:43 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 16:36:57 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
>> Should probably be a separate pull request but since you have them going: the red in the new menu should be a colour that occurs in the logo, IMO. Currently I think it is B83723 which I cannot find in the old logo. Picking with Gimp in the middle of the logo gives me AD2E25 which might work better.
>
> You mean the highlight for expanded collapseable sections (e.g. "D Reference")? I took that from the current <dlang.org>, should have been #BA361B. I agree, #AD2E25 looks way better. Updated the preview.

Exactly. And the ">>" on subitems and highlight on mouseover.

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 19:15:24 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
> Exactly. And the ">>" on subitems and highlight on mouseover.

Oh, had missed that. Was a different color, too. Updated the preview again.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 06:50:05PM +0000, anonymous via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 16:13:44 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> >I like it. The grey on the left panel is a bit too dark, though. Maybe a touch brighter?
> >
> >OTOH, if the point is to match it with the grey on the right stream boxes, then I guess it's OK.
> 
> Yes, it's the same background color: #333 or hls(0,0%,20%) (i.e.
> lightness = 20%).
> 
> The menu vanishes a bit with that background, doesn't it? It looks rather slick, though.

Looking at both variants side-by-side, I think your grey version is much better. The original design is far too red. However, the grey version is also noticeably darker; maybe both the menu and the stream boxes on the right should be lightened up a bit? I'm thinking even a silver-metallic look might work. I'm no graphic designer, though, so take my word with a grain of salt. :-)


> I can't seem to find a good border color for a lighter menu background, because the lightness of the border comes close to that of the page background, and they blend.

What about making both brighter?


T

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On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 19:25:32 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 19:15:24 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:
>> Exactly. And the ">>" on subitems and highlight on mouseover.
>
> Oh, had missed that. Was a different color, too. Updated the preview again.

Thanks. I like it. The mouseover highlight is not as bright as on original dang.org, but the item stays much more legible now when highlit. It could possibly be brightened a bit by picking a different shade from the logo, but I think it is good to repeat the same colour (as you have it now).