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nadir

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:42 pm

I mean something like:
#F1F1F1
#F3F3F3
not white which is simply not called white. The problem, for me, is not how it is called, but that it hurts the eye (not that it looks bad, but that it is exhausting. That is: it really hurts).
The background of the posts in this forum don't look back, to someone like me.
lynx is the best, of course.
golinux

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:39 am

> nadir wrote:The problem, for me, is not how it is called, but that it hurts the eye (not that it looks bad, but that it is exhausting. That is: it really hurts).

You must be overly sensitive. I would suggest you either change your monitor settings or change to the color of your choice with Stylish or Adblock Plus element hiding.

> nadir wrote:The background of the posts in this forum don't look back, to someone like me.

I find the darkness of this forum borderline - oppressively dark and not enough contrast. But it's more than different strokes. It definitely could be an accessibility issue for someone with visual impairment. I'll play with the colors you suggested but it's ultimately up to fsr.
golinux

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 6:01 am

Been cleaning things up - everything now more consistent. As a compromise I changed the background color to #f6f6f6. Anything else seemed too dark. And as a result, to keep contrast in the links, I darkened the blue a bit. This is something that I can live with. Documentation pages need work but will do all that when the readmes are ready.
fsmithred

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:12 pm

The darker blue links are better.
I'm undecided on the whiteness of the white. Right now, it's still early in the day, and I haven't turned up my monitor brightness yet. (BTW, I agree that this forum is a little too dark gray, but it was the best of the possible choices. Really!)
Two days ago, I almost told you that we don't need a separate page for documentation, because the links are in the sidebar. Now I'm thinking that the links shouldn't be in the sidebar, and there should only be main headings there. "Refracta forum" could be shortened to just "forum", and be a main heading like, documentation, screenshots, etc. Separate boxes for each of those would be ok. That might be easier for filling the space, and it does look good that way. Well, it looks good either way - separate or grouped.
Related resources could just be "links", and there could be a links page, containing links to github, refracta wiki, debian wiki, and whatever else should be there.
One other thing that will probably change in the near future - the download location. Right now, there are two, and I was alternating between them for the latest beta. Other location is http://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/

Code:
  `http://sourceforge.net/projects/refracta/`

I tried changing the color of the Refracta masthead, but gimp won't cooperate. Bucket-fill seems to be more bucket-splash than anything, and I can't change the size of the eraser to fit between elements. I'll try it in squeeze later this week.
golinux

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:11 pm

Some good suggestions there. I'll remove the links from the nav section - that didn't seem right to me either. I think the nav groupings could be used to indicate on-site or off-site links. How about just 'download' instead of 'ibiblio download location' and both locations could be under that. Heck, I suppose even github could go under 'download'. I like the idea of adding links to Debian wiki etc. I think 'resources' would be a better header than 'links'.
I did change the font color to #070C13 - it's very subtle. And also increased the line height in the paras. Makes things a tad more readable. I also really like that blue. One decision out of the way. To change the bg color, I only have to type six characters in one place. Easy peasy.
And here's how I set up the bg image. It is positioned top center with a bg color the same as the font. Should someone open their browser beyond the width of the image, the background frames it on either side.
Great minds . . . I was planning to play with the logo today. Not quite sure what I'll come up with but it will be more interesting than what's there now. It also needs to get moved to the right a bit to line up with the para margin. Stay tuned . . .
golinux

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:51 pm

I am also having difficulties working with the logo because there is a lot of cruft around the geometric figure . Do you have the original hi-res file that generated that figure? Or know where it came from? First roadblock of our little project. Bummer.
fsmithred

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:58 pm

"download" - check
"resources" - check
(or maybe we should capitalize these words? Download, Resources, Team, etc.)
Those two links could point to different parts of the same page, with the links to the actual download sites and the resources links. Otherwise, we'll have two pages with just a few links on them. They'd look empty.
Background behind the background - good idea.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/screenshots/
I made a screenshot for Refracta Snapshot. Also made a thumbnail for it. Also replaced the screenshot and thumb for the installer. And I noticed that the thumbs I made today are not exactly the same size as the previous ones. If 150x107 vs. 150x117 makes a difference, I can crop the bigger ones.
fsmithred

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:04 pm

All I can find is the 8kb png file for the logo. I think that one came from Dean, but I don't remember for sure. The one that shows up on the desktop was done by a friend of mine, and that one is even dirtier when you look at it up close.
golinux

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:55 pm

Making some progress with the header and nav. Your latest suggestions not incorporated yet. I will say I'm generally not a big fan of caps in navigation - too fussy for me. I did use them on the release notes nav to be consistent with the section titles.
Old header (nav is screwed up because of changes in the css for the new links).
New header and nav - position is better. The pattern overlay is built from a section of the bg image so the color blends in. I can put each nav item in a separate box if you like. Still playing with it . . .
I'll get to the screenies etc. after b'fast. I'll be able to transform them to the right size . . . easy to do.
fsmithred

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## Re: Refracta wiki project

Wed Feb 20, 2013 5:15 pm

New header looks good. I immediately recognized the star field as being part of the background image. Caps not important. Separate boxes for each link not important. It looks fine with some separate and some grouped together.
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