[wp-design] It IS version 18 :)

[Joen Asmussen]

Some REALLY nice things have happened these last few days. Kudos to you 
all!

And now I must apologize.

Neo: Why?

For a barrage of responses to these emails. Let's get started. I'll try 
and keep it short. And if I haven't replied to something, I simply had 
nothing to add :)

>> Colour Palette - Too dark. I've been flicking between 16 and 18 and one of
>>the significant differences is that it feels a lot darker and less inviting
>>and airy. This is attributed to several reasons, the lack of the lighter
>>blue bar at the top, the grey background rather than white, and the darker
>>colours on the sidebar as well (we'll get to the sidebar later on).
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>I agree about the header (the original header colors are still in
>there); it was a test.
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>Though I will say I personally really like the gray color of the page
>(#eee), as it accentuates the input areas.
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I too, really like the idea of a grayish background, and for the same 
reason mentioned here.

Furthermore, it'll be a reminder of the "good o'le" black and white WP 
days... it'll be the link to the past!

>> Help link colours - not so hot. We'll need to sort those out :).
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How about the same color as the moderation queue, and then underlined? 
(or dotted underlined?)

>>Form Elements - Joen's already touched up on the form elements, he's VERY
>>passionate about that, so I'm backing him up on this one Mike (although I
>>will say I like what you've done); Joen it is a very subtle change :).
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It is a very subtle change, but the implications are not so subtle :) 
I'll respond more to this in Chris' response later on.

>>Moderation queue comment - not sure it's really essential information to be
>>included right at the top. I think it would be nice, but for most users, it
>>would generally show 0, except when they get hit by spam... I dunno I could
>>be completely wrong here.
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>Spam seems to be the next major thing. Hell, it's _the_ current issue,
>and everyone is dealing with it. Personally I have comments in
>moderation every single day that I need to check up on.
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I'm with Michael on this one. "Good content bubbles to the top". While a 
spam queue may not be a good content bubble, it certainly is an 
important one.

>>Final point - erm I'm not so keen on the green colour for the
>>message,...could we go back to our light blue?
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>I didn't touch that :)
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I did, and I'm with you Khaled. It was a mistake. Until there is a 
genuinely better alternative, let's go back to blue. My reasoning, 
however, was that green meant "success", or something.