#320 - Review user interfaces
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By Robbie Goacher
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| Identifier | #320 |
|---|---|
| Issue type | Feature request or suggestion |
| Title | Review user interfaces |
| Status | Completed |
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Skills: Graphic design (custom) |
| Handling member | Chris Graham |
| Addon | core |
| Description | We should conduct a full and thorough review of the interfaces, with the objective to make it really efficient, and cutting-edge at the same time. |
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| Additional information | The reviewer should be an experienced interface designer from outside the community, who can bring in some fresh ideas.
Probably each screen should be done as a clean room design, for a particular feature set mentioned to the designer. When done the designer can be shown what we have already and try and move it closer to this (so as to not unnecessarily make everything get needlessly redesigned, but keeping all the new inspiration at the same time). |
| Funded? | No |
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Comments
Fewer borders
Fewer boxes
Less on screen...
...and make things bigger to compensate
...and use more white-space
(The above 2 points particularly are important for touch interfaces)
More icons, in fact possibly an icon for every button and link
Gradients all over, pretty much every level on the visual hierarchy has a CSS gradient in modern designs
And often curved borders too
Effects such as changing an icon from black&weight to colour upon mouse over
Wider colour palette (Composr is essentially monochromatic due to the theme wizard design)
Hopefully some enthusiastic designer(s) can contribute to it out of their own desire to add to the product.
Full discussion:
http://compo.sr/forum/topicview/misc/general/more-effort-for-default.htm