[wp-design] 25 & 25b

[Michael Heilemann]

At work, so a quick few notes:

I'm not much of a fan of the new dropshadows for the tabs. They need to be 
softened up a bit IMO, or at least be made more transparent.

I love the Write and Code tabs.

I think my sidebar styling (especially the dropshadow) needs a bit more 
work. Maybe unify the two kinds of dropshadow?

More space between the Post Body and Advanced sections.



On 9/8/05, Joen Asmussen <joen at noscope.com> wrote:
> 
> As promised, here's my touchup of things.
> 
> There are two versions. 25, where I've done stuff, and 35b where I've
> done stuff and tried to use gray!
> 
> http://www.noscope.com/dump/shuttle_v25.psd
> http://www.noscope.com/dump/shuttle_v25b.psd
> 
> l/p: user/superhero
> 
> Personally, I think we've gone overboard with different styles, and I'm
> not really satisfied with either of the attached mockups. But I've tried
> not going too far, so as to not set us back. By too many styles, I mean
> we have too many gradients, drop shadows and colors. We should really
> cut back on some of these. As such, I personally prefer 25b, because it
> "neutralizes" the whole bottom part of the screen.
> 
> Here are some of the changes:
> 
> * Added "Andy Budd" type styling of input boxes.
> 
> * This input box styling makes sense because it allows us to add tabs to
> the post body. When we initially talked wysiwyg, some people were
> against it. We need to take this into account, and make the old style
> "coding" option be easily available. I think it deserves a tab, instead
> of just a "html" button. The choice should be cookied, of course. The
> wysiwyg buttons are, btw, stolen from the wp1.6a.
> 
> * Removed the subtle textbox styling. Sorry Michael, don't kill me.
> 
> * Sized up save and publish buttons
> 
> * Removed the gradient behind the Shuttle header area. It really tickles
> me in the wrong way, and honestly just adds to the amount of complexity
> of something which should by now actually be getting simpler.
> 
> * Restyled the tabs ever so slightly. Once again I think things were too
> complex, and as I mentioned earlier, the "physics" of the plastic glass
> Khaled added seems wrong somehow. So I detached things, and moved
> "inactive tab plastic glass" two pixels up from the base it rests on. I
> did the same for active tabs. I hope you see what I mean by physics. I
> also added a drop shadow.
> 
> We really should start working on an icon style. We need icons for
> expand/collapse that are better, and we need icons for log out and view
> site (i love the current ones, but they're stolen right ?).
> Additionally, the initial "system message" icon feels a bit dated now.
> 
> Now give me your criticisms, just let me have it!
> 
> J
> 
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Michael Heilemann
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