[Thunar-dev] Website

[Nick Schermer]

I think it's better to create a white background and black text. Something 
more like this:

http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/nickschermer/

And Benedikt, it's great to see you back on the Xfce project. Great job.

Greets, Xerverius


2005/6/3, Foxtrot <simsalabimladen at gmail.com>:
> 
> On 6/3/05, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> > Foxtrot wrote:
> > > It might take some time to load as it's on Freewebs. What it shows is
> > > a fixed width site with some of the contents and the main design
> > > ideas. Stuff like a point list for a menu will be removed while I'm
> > > polishing. Basically, this is a colour scheme (the background probably
> > > won't be white, though), a layout, and some structural organisation
> > > (in terms of markup and of content). I haven't gotten any details down
> > > yet, like hover states, etc.
> > >
> > > What I'm worried about is if it's too much "fun", or as you put it,
> > > I'm not sure it's simple enough with enough focus on content.
> >
> > I think the blue is too intensive. What about a less-intensive blue? The
> > general idea with the clouds and the grass is nice. Also the menu on the
> > right is IMHO better than having it on the left (but don't ask me why 
> :-).
> 
> The blue being too intense can be quickly adjusted. It will probably
> be darker in the final version, since it needs to look like a "sky" if
> it is to fit the design. I generally place my menus on the right, as
> this (in theory) decreases time between the menu and the scrollbar.
> This makes navigation quicker and mouse-movement less. Plus it's more
> logical to put the content at the left in the reading order.
> Alistapart.com <http://Alistapart.com> had an article on this a while 
> back.
> 
> > And a small correction: Thunar is not meant to replace Xffm. It's just
> > an alternative to Xffm. Xffm development will continue.
> 
> Ah. Perhaps badly phrased. I meant to say that it's meant to replace
> Xffm as the *main* file manager for Xfce, which I think is the plan.
> 
> At any rate, I'll continue working tomorrow, probably starting by
> removing unnecessary padding and the like. I won't start making images
> until we're sure we want this design, so I'll make some more mockups
> later. Hopefully thunar-dev will be able to pick a suitable candidate.
> 
> > greets,
> > Benedikt
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