[wp-design] Login Version 18

khaled Abou Alfa brokenkode at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 17:23:42 GMT 2006


Well take it easy big man. We've only just begun as we've got much more to
finish off before the end of the month. Rest easy because we need that
fighting spirit if we're going to kick this one out of the park (which we
seem to be on the road to). Can't wait to upgrade to 2.1 :)

On 1/10/06, Michael Heilemann <heilemann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Get a Mac!
>
> ...
>
> Ehm, sorry; it's Macworld and all...
>
> On 1/10/06, Joen Asmussen <joen at noscope.com> wrote:
> > I just want to say two things. I'm thrilled I'm not the only one
> > bitching here, seriously, I began to feel alone :)
> >
> > Second, unfortunately i have come down with a pretty nasty case of the
> > influenza virus. So for the next few days (if all goes wrong), I'll be
> > busy fighting off real life virii.
> >
> > Sorry.
> >
> > Michael Heilemann wrote:
> > > I'm going to be the annoying minefield between all of you and the
> > > icecream van. And while I hate coming off as the asshole who wants to
> > > be right, I must admit to still liking my own proposal the best.
> > >
> > >     * I don't like the light blue border at the top. It's yelling out
> > >       for attention for no reason, my eye keep going back to it,
> > >       wondering what it's for.
> > >     * The warning box needs more air, both in terms of padding, but
> > >       also, due to the air in the bottom of the login box, more margin
> > >       top and bottom.
> > >     * The white on the warning box is too aggressive for me, making my
> > >       eyes twitch back and forth between the warning itself and the
> > >       border
> > >     * The shadow makes it seem like it's a sticker. It was my
> > >       intention (which is just the way I saw it, though not
> > >       necessarily the right way to go) to have it be more of an
> > >       interruption 'from the inside'. As if the warning box had opened
> > >       up the blue surface of the login box and was indented slightly.
> > >     * I miss my gradients. And want to ease the new gradient up a bit.
> > >     * And finally, just to be really cross, I liked the bottom links
> > >       without underlines :)
> > >
> > > What I do like:
> > >
> > >     * The right-aligned submit button. This is what I started out
> > >       with, and the centered button was an attempt at making the login
> > >       process seem a bit more 'important'. But right-aligned actually
> > >       makes it seem a bit more important, as you're constantly drawn
> > >       diagonally across the form, to the button, making it seem urgent
> > >       that you fill it out and press the button :)
> > >     * I know Joshua (I think it was) said the warning behavior would
> > >       do better to be placed at the top, thus pushing the form down,
> > >       and I think this does make more sense. I do however like it
> > >       better aesthetically at the bottom.
> > >     * The border is better now, though I think it might need a bit
> > >       more shadow intensity in the direction of the 'light source', to
> > >       make it more clear what's going on.
> > >
> > > ... So yeah.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/10/06, *Joshua Sigar* <jls_online at yahoo.com
> > > <mailto:jls_online at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     > I especially like that the login button is
> > >     right-aligned.
> > >
> > >     ...which reminded me. All submit buttons on login, and
> > >     other admin pages are
> > >     in the same CSS class. So, if the submit buttons in
> > >     admin pages are right
> > >     aligned, so is the one on login page.
> > >
> > >     And goes further...
> > >
> > >     > it's about the "username doesn't exist" box. Do we
> > >     have such
> > >     > a box already?
> > >
> > >     On the "Write Page" mock-up, we have the "Timestamp
> > >     updated" notification
> > >     msg box. It's styled only with background color and
> > >     border. Now compare with
> > >     "Username does not exist." Here we have the curve and
> > >     shadow. I'd say just
> > >     work with background and border. (The icon is fine,
> > >     though.)
> > >
> > >     ----
> > >     Joshua
> > >
> > >
> > >     > -----Original Message-----
> > >     > From: wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > >     <mailto:wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com>
> > >     > [mailto: wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > >     <mailto:wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com>] On
> > >     Behalf Of
> > >     > Joen Asmussen
> > >     > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:48 PM
> > >     > To: wp-design at lists.automattic.com
> > >     <mailto:wp-design at lists.automattic.com>
> > >     > Subject: Re: [wp-design] Login Version 18
> > >     >
> > >     > I like it a lot!
> > >     >
> > >     > Most of my woes are addressed in this.
> > >     >
> > >     > I especially like that the login button is
> > >     right-aligned.
> > >     > This makes it feel more like an "enter" button,
> > >     (i.e. the one
> > >     > on the keyboard, which is geographically to the
> > >     right).
> > >     >
> > >     > I have only more thing and that's more like a
> > >     suggestion --
> > >     >
> > >     > it's about the "username doesn't exist" box. Do we
> > >     have such
> > >     > a box already? In any case, there's something about
> > >     the
> > >     > border. Except for the fact that it'll be a pain to
> > >     create in
> > >     > HTML with the corners and shadow, it's as though the
> > >     white is
> > >     > flickering in its contrast. Then again, I don't
> > >     think it
> > >     > would work any better with blue. How would it work
> > >     without a
> > >     > border at all?
> > >     >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
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