[wp-design] Login Version 18
Michael Heilemann
heilemann at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 17:05:29 GMT 2006
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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> >
> > --
> > Aloha,
> > Michael Heilemann
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