[wp-design] Login Version 18

[Michael Heilemann]

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> 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] On
> Behalf Of
> > Joen Asmussen
> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:48 PM
> > To: 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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Aloha,
Michael Heilemann
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