[wp-design] Login Version 18

[Michael Heilemann]

Forgot to say: The blue feels slightly more 'blue' in Khaled's version. That
I like.

On 1/10/06, Michael Heilemann <heilemann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm going to be the annoying minefield between all of you and the icecream
> van. And while I hate coming off as the asshole who wants to be right, I
> must admit to still liking my own proposal the best.
>
>
>    - I don't like the light blue border at the top. It's yelling out
>    for attention for no reason, my eye keep going back to it, wondering what
>    it's for.
>    - The warning box needs more air, both in terms of padding, but
>    also, due to the air in the bottom of the login box, more margin top and
>    bottom.
>    - The white on the warning box is too aggressive for me, making my
>    eyes twitch back and forth between the warning itself and the border
>    - The shadow makes it seem like it's a sticker. It was my intention
>    (which is just the way I saw it, though not necessarily the right way to go)
>    to have it be more of an interruption 'from the inside'. As if the warning
>    box had opened up the blue surface of the login box and was indented
>    slightly.
>    - I miss my gradients. And want to ease the new gradient up a bit.
>    - And finally, just to be really cross, I liked the bottom links
>    without underlines :)
>
> What I do like:
>
>
>    - The right-aligned submit button. This is what I started out with,
>    and the centered button was an attempt at making the login process seem a
>    bit more 'important'. But right-aligned actually makes it seem a bit more
>    important, as you're constantly drawn diagonally across the form, to the
>    button, making it seem urgent that you fill it out and press the button :)
>    - I know Joshua (I think it was) said the warning behavior would do
>    better to be placed at the top, thus pushing the form down, and I think this
>    does make more sense. I do however like it better aesthetically at the
>    bottom.
>    - The border is better now, though I think it might need a bit more
>    shadow intensity in the direction of the 'light source', to make it more
>    clear what's going on.
>
> ... So yeah.
>
>
> On 1/10/06, Joshua Sigar <jls_online at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > I especially like that the login button is
> > right-aligned.
> >
> > ...which reminded me. All submit buttons on login, and
> > other admin pages are
> > in the same CSS class. So, if the submit buttons in
> > admin pages are right
> > aligned, so is the one on login page.
> >
> > And goes further...
> >
> > > it's about the "username doesn't exist" box. Do we
> > have such
> > > a box already?
> >
> > On the "Write Page" mock-up, we have the "Timestamp
> > updated" notification
> > msg box. It's styled only with background color and
> > border. Now compare with
> > "Username does not exist." Here we have the curve and
> > shadow. I'd say just
> > work with background and border. (The icon is fine,
> > though.)
> >
> > ----
> > Joshua
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > > [mailto: wp-design-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > > Joen Asmussen
> > > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:48 PM
> > > To: wp-design at lists.automattic.com
> > > Subject: Re: [wp-design] Login Version 18
> > >
> > > I like it a lot!
> > >
> > > Most of my woes are addressed in this.
> > >
> > > I especially like that the login button is
> > right-aligned.
> > > This makes it feel more like an "enter" button,
> > (i.e. the one
> > > on the keyboard, which is geographically to the
> > right).
> > >
> > > I have only more thing and that's more like a
> > suggestion --
> > >
> > > it's about the "username doesn't exist" box. Do we
> > have such
> > > a box already? In any case, there's something about
> > the
> > > border. Except for the fact that it'll be a pain to
> > create in
> > > HTML with the corners and shadow, it's as though the
> > white is
> > > flickering in its contrast. Then again, I don't
> > think it
> > > would work any better with blue. How would it work
> > without a
> > > border at all?
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Aloha,
> Michael Heilemann
> http://binarybonsai.com




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Aloha,
Michael Heilemann
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