[sakai-core-team] Quick proposal: we change default colors for Sakai 10.0 release

Aaron Zeckoski azeckoski at unicon.net
Tue Apr 29 13:25:30 PDT 2014


First blush is that I love that flat theme. How hard is it to make that the
default?
-AZ



On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu> wrote:

> Or we could go with a flatter theme and a fixed site navigation.
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Or just go for a pun on the logo:
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:
>
>> Absolutely. I was hoping maybe someone artistic would be inspired but
>> I am on board with the idea (assuming we keep the "Sakai blue" in
>> there somewhere).
>> -AZ
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'd be happy if someone with design skills wanted to give a run at this.
>> > But I guess I was proposing that as a group without a ton of designers
>> and
>> > without a lot of time, that we find some easier way to quickly create a
>> > distinct color palette before the release.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I like including the Sakai blue from the logo but otherwise I am
>> >> totally on board with something to differentiate 10 from 9. Maybe a
>> >> new default logo with a 10 in it or a sakaiger?
>> >> -AZ
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <
>> ottenhoff at longsight.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Problem: 2.9 and 10.0 look exactly the same.  We should do some tiny
>> >> > color
>> >> > differentiation so that the 10.0 release looks distinct.
>> >> >
>> >> > Proposal: Instead of getting involved in color choices and voting, we
>> >> > just
>> >> > pick the most popular current color palette as voted on by lots of
>> >> > people at
>> >> > the Adobe Kuler service:
>> >> >
>> >> >   https://kuler.adobe.com/explore/most-popular/?time=all
>> >> >
>> >> > Here is what the top current palette
>> >> > (https://kuler.adobe.com/Clean-and-simple-color-theme-3719589/)
>> looks
>> >> > like
>> >> > in my local Sakai:
>> >> >
>> >> >   http://snag.gy/ZK20U.jpg
>> >> >
>> >> > Thoughts?
>> >> >
>> >> > --Sam
>> >> >
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>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
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> --
> - Gonzalo
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