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Pickle:
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--- Quote from: SteelShark on February 28, 2013, 02:57:46 pm ---The colour scheme's appropriate, but the look is too minimalistic and soft.
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You're clearly not a web designer then.
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He may not be, so you, Jazzza, have to make an effort to understand that he might not have the technical language.
The colour scheme lacks contrast, with the various shades of brown - contrast and sharpness/softness are easily confused.
The look of each page is quite bland, there's little visual interest or graphics - which could be decribed as minimalist (although technically that isn't the correct use of the term).
As forums go, it's uninspiring and scores quite low for readability. But it's still far better than what we had before.
SteelShark:
--- Quote from: Hubert PIckle on March 03, 2013, 07:41:13 am ---
--- Quote from: Jazzza on March 01, 2013, 05:17:51 am ---
--- Quote from: SteelShark on February 28, 2013, 02:57:46 pm ---The colour scheme's appropriate, but the look is too minimalistic and soft.
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You're clearly not a web designer then.
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He may not be, so you, Jazzza, have to make an effort to understand that he might not have the technical language.
The colour scheme lacks contrast, with the various shades of brown - contrast and sharpness/softness are easily confused.
The look of each page is quite bland, there's little visual interest or graphics - which could be decribed as minimalist (although technically that isn't the correct use of the term).
As forums go, it's uninspiring and scores quite low for readability. But it's still far better than what we had before.
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I was really more just talking about the simple rounded edged bars and gradients and lack of graphics. Nothing's really sharp and everything looks sanded off and to me it feels too safe to be relating to guns of icarus. As a non web designer and simple web user, the amount of contrast here is enough for me and I liked the look of the original forums. I think simply having graphics would make them expand the colour pallet.
N-Sunderland:
--- Quote from: SteelShark on March 03, 2013, 10:16:54 am ---I liked the look of the original forums.
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The old forum was really painful to read off of. The brown text did not go well with the dark background, and the mobile one was illegible without selecting. In that regard this is a big step up from the old one.
SteelShark:
--- Quote from: N-Sunderland on March 03, 2013, 10:24:50 am ---
--- Quote from: SteelShark on March 03, 2013, 10:16:54 am ---I liked the look of the original forums.
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The old forum was really painful to read off of. The brown text did not go well with the dark background, and the mobile one was illegible without selecting. In that regard this is a big step up from the old one.
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We could have had that with the original forums too though. Just lighten the font colour, or anything else anyone thought was too dark.
Jazzza:
--- Quote from: N-Sunderland on March 03, 2013, 10:24:50 am ---
--- Quote from: SteelShark on March 03, 2013, 10:16:54 am ---I liked the look of the original forums.
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The old forum was really painful to read off of. The brown text did not go well with the dark background, and the mobile one was illegible without selecting. In that regard this is a big step up from the old one.
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Definitely. These forums are much easier to use and read. I do believe the header needs work and apparently the Muse team are working on it, but it works for now.
These kinds of forums focus on functionality over appearance, which personally I prefer. As a web developer (with a taste for design) I can say that the current design is a good start and with a bit of tweaking and revisions, it could look great while maintaining the functionality.
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