Is it just me...

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:48 am

I like this new overview, but I'm also a minimalistic sort of guy, so I like fast overviews and less clutter

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 4:40 pm

I think the new layout is pretty good. Having two columns is practical and efficient, and the golden new post icons serve their purpose well. But to make the menu easier to read, I have a few suggestions:

- Make the forum category titles a slightly larger font, or maybe a different color. (Don't go crazy with the palette, of course.)

- Put a little more space between the forum categories. (More indentation of the forum titles beneath the forum category titles won't help, since the new post icons line up with the forum category titles and I don't think there should be any more space between those icons and the forum titles.)

- If there is a way to highlight the names of the forums that have new posts, that might be even better than using the golden icons. Making them bold probably wouldn't help, but maybe a different font color would work. I'm not sure about this though and I'd have to see it to be sure, so use your own judgment. If you eliminated the icons (maybe that's not a good idea), you could put more indentation beneath the forum category titles instead of putting more space between the forum categories as I mentioned above.

I hope this helps.

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:58 pm

Just a note on using colors....
some of us are severely colorblind,

especially some color combos, when used together can be confusing...

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:17 pm

BlueSky wrote:Just a note on using colors....
some of us are severely colorblind,
especially some color combos, when used together can be confusing...

...And yet there's not a new used color in the new layout.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:23 pm

I think it was in reaction to the previous suggestion.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:30 pm

Ah, right, my mistake then. Apologies Bluesky.

Post by **BuckGB** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:10 pm

I've changed the color of the category names and have increased the padding around each forum name by 3 pixels. Is this what you were looking for? Or did you prefer it the old way?

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:20 pm

Buck, the main menu looks much better with the small changes you made to it, and it is easier to read. That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:01 pm

Siberys wrote:Ah, right, my mistake then. Apologies Bluesky.

No need...it was indeed a suggestion to watch out for the Green/Red colors used along with black....these tend to bleed into each other when used together.

As for the current colors, those work just fine and dandy.:laugh: