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2009-05-01
, 00:06
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@ Seattle, USA
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#22
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Originally Posted by andrewfblack
No! Please don't!
New minimalist theme will follow new maemo.org color scheme so you will get black on light gray and white lite main site. I'm going to do a dark variant with a darker gray background and white/orange text. I don't know if they will use both so no promises yet.
Please let those of us who don't like the new colors have a reprieve when we come to the Minimalist Theme! I now use Minimalist in part to get away from the orange on white.
Also, a number of people have already asked for a white text on dark background even for the non-Minimalist themes. Please leave the current Minimalist color scheme as is.
(If you agree, please hit this post with a Thank You.)
Last edited by GeraldKo; 2009-05-01 at 00:11.
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2009-05-01
, 01:25
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Joined on Apr 2008
@ Alabama, USA
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#23
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Well I don't get to pick the colors I just get to code it so its really not up to me. I am going to work on a new Dark Version of Minimalist as well but I can't promise they will use it. Thats up to Reggie and those in charge of talk.
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2009-05-01
, 02:23
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Joined on Jan 2006
@ Michigan, USA
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#24
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What exactly is the point of the minimalist theme? I like the color scheme, and I realize your talking about adding features and making it more usable.
Is it to provide a dark color option, or provide a minimalist, low resource front end?
I personally am looking for someone to copy the default theme, and change its colors to look like the minimalist theme. I can deal with the layout, if this darn headache would go away.
Is it to provide a dark color option, or provide a minimalist, low resource front end?
I personally am looking for someone to copy the default theme, and change its colors to look like the minimalist theme. I can deal with the layout, if this darn headache would go away.
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To all my Maemo friends. I will no longer be monitoring any of my threads here on a regular basis. I am no longer supporting anything I did under maemo at maemo.org. If you need some help with something you can reach me at tablethacker.com or www.facebook.com/penguinbait. I have disabled my PM's here, and removed myself from Council email and Community mailing list. There has been some fun times, see you around.
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2009-05-01
, 05:04
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Joined on Nov 2007
@ Paris, France
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#25
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Hi andrewflewback. Thank you for your good work and goodwill.
I also use the minimalistic all the time on the tablet and like the color scheme. May I suggest a couple of small improvements that would make it more readable?
- the list of threats has very big titles and very small characters for the description below. It would be better if you could slightly decrease the former and increase the latter.
- reduce the need of vertical scrolling by reducing the space between posts and the header in each page. In general, any vertical space saving change would be appreciated.
Regards,
Antonio
I also use the minimalistic all the time on the tablet and like the color scheme. May I suggest a couple of small improvements that would make it more readable?
- the list of threats has very big titles and very small characters for the description below. It would be better if you could slightly decrease the former and increase the latter.
- reduce the need of vertical scrolling by reducing the space between posts and the header in each page. In general, any vertical space saving change would be appreciated.
Regards,
Antonio
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2009-05-01
, 09:04
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Joined on Aug 2008
@ Spain
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#26
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andrewfblack, please, be very careful with the color issues.
Think of the color impaired people, old people, visually impaired people.
Colors and font sizes are very very important issues.
If you plan to provide alternate colors, at least please test the site using this online tool
http://www.vischeck.com
Think of the color impaired people, old people, visually impaired people.
Colors and font sizes are very very important issues.
If you plan to provide alternate colors, at least please test the site using this online tool
http://www.vischeck.com
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2009-05-01
, 09:54
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Joined on Mar 2008
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#27
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Make all of the horrible themes you want, but don't delete or change the existing ones. Let us keep and use the old themes! Nothing was wrong with them. Why chase away users/members? There are more productive things that can be done here. Put the old themes back as options available to users and spend the rest of the month making all the faint orange, grey and white themes you want, this way everyone will be happy.
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2009-05-01
, 11:09
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@ Alabama, USA
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#28
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penguinbait: The Minimalist theme has always been designed for a super fast loading version of the site. Its main purpose is for fast browsing over data connection. It is not to provde a dark color scheme the only reason it has a dark color scheme to begin with is because that is what itT has at the time.
noventa98: the titles are large for better finger browsing, but I will be working on font sizes in part of the upgrade some things will get bigger (ie things you have to click on.) and some things will get smaller.
Everyone else: Please read a thread before you post in it. As stated above I have no control over the color Scheme. This color scheme has been worked on for months and designed by the community not just one person. We are lucky we got to keep the minimalist theme for the reason it is faster over cell connection. I am not the person to be pleading to if you a new color scheme or multi you need to bring it up to the Community Council at one of there meetings. Maybe there is a way to convince them for multiple color schemes using same layout and have it users selectable. This thread is not a place for that and I have stated that I will design a dark variant of the same colors (Basicly replace light gray/white with darker grays. and make text white.), but I can not make them using it and I will only start work on it after the maemo.org color scheme one is completed.
noventa98: the titles are large for better finger browsing, but I will be working on font sizes in part of the upgrade some things will get bigger (ie things you have to click on.) and some things will get smaller.
Everyone else: Please read a thread before you post in it. As stated above I have no control over the color Scheme. This color scheme has been worked on for months and designed by the community not just one person. We are lucky we got to keep the minimalist theme for the reason it is faster over cell connection. I am not the person to be pleading to if you a new color scheme or multi you need to bring it up to the Community Council at one of there meetings. Maybe there is a way to convince them for multiple color schemes using same layout and have it users selectable. This thread is not a place for that and I have stated that I will design a dark variant of the same colors (Basicly replace light gray/white with darker grays. and make text white.), but I can not make them using it and I will only start work on it after the maemo.org color scheme one is completed.
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2009-05-01
, 11:34
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@ Michigan, USA
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#29
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Originally Posted by andrewfblack
penguinbait: The Minimalist theme has always been designed for a super fast loading version of the site. Its main purpose is for fast browsing over data connection. It is not to provde a dark color scheme the only reason it has a dark color scheme to begin with is because that is what itT has at the time.
noventa98: the titles are large for better finger browsing, but I will be working on font sizes in part of the upgrade some things will get bigger (ie things you have to click on.) and some things will get smaller.
Everyone else: Please read a thread before you post in it. As stated above I have no control over the color Scheme. This color scheme has been worked on for months and designed by the community not just one person. We are lucky we got to keep the minimalist theme for the reason it is faster over cell connection. I am not the person to be pleading to if you a new color scheme or multi you need to bring it up to the Community Council at one of there meetings. Maybe there is a way to convince them for multiple color schemes using same layout and have it users selectable. This thread is not a place for that and I have stated that I will design a dark variant of the same colors (Basicly replace light gray/white with darker grays. and make text white.), but I can not make them using it and I will only start work on it after the maemo.org color scheme one is completed.
I just wanted to be clear that this was not going to solve my problem (hating new ITT site)
And it is not
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To all my Maemo friends. I will no longer be monitoring any of my threads here on a regular basis. I am no longer supporting anything I did under maemo at maemo.org. If you need some help with something you can reach me at tablethacker.com or www.facebook.com/penguinbait. I have disabled my PM's here, and removed myself from Council email and Community mailing list. There has been some fun times, see you around.
To all my Maemo friends. I will no longer be monitoring any of my threads here on a regular basis. I am no longer supporting anything I did under maemo at maemo.org. If you need some help with something you can reach me at tablethacker.com or www.facebook.com/penguinbait. I have disabled my PM's here, and removed myself from Council email and Community mailing list. There has been some fun times, see you around.
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2009-05-01
, 12:28
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Joined on Feb 2008
@ Raleigh, NC
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#30
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Has the reasoning for the color choices been disclosed?
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