Re: Default Template discussion

Dirk Frederickx wrote:
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>> Happy to donate the icons and supply the patch if you want to add
>> it to the CVS. Would save me from making the change each time if
>> you do... :-)
> Murray,
> Why not add the ceryle skin to the default distribution ?
> It's a great looking skin.

Hi Dirk,

Actually, three reasons not to:

   1. it's currently not written as a skin, it includes modifications
      to the JSPs (you haven't seen the latest ones, which have a
      TitleBlock.jsp that's included inside Header.jsp, plus mods to
      the Footer.jsp).
   2. if I add it in as a skin, I have to maintain it -- I have no
      time for that
   3. I would really prefer that the Ceryle L&F remain that of the
      CeryleWiki, i.e., I don't want a whole bunch of sites to like
      like mine. That's part of why I developed it...

>> I still like them myself. I probably hit Edit from the bottom 50% of
>> the time, especially on long pages. It depends on whether I know I'm
>> going to edit the page before I've read it or after.
> One more vote on bottom-page actions ;-))

That's if I'm allowed three votes. :-)

>> >>   - the More... button should really become the last TAB, which 
>> becomes
> .....
>> I really prefer it the way it is now. The only thing I'd suggest is
>> maybe make it look like a menu somehow, maybe putting a line border
>> around it with a down arrow at its right, ala Java Swing and Mac OS?
>> My only problem with the current top right stuff is that we currently
>> have a link (Welcome), an action (Edit), another action (Login), and
>> a menu (More...) that all look the same. I think we can lose the
>> Welcome as redundant with the Favorites, that Edit and Login should
>> probably look the same, but somehow Menu... needs to look like a menu
>> a bit more, some kind of visual clue to differentiate it from the
>> actions.
> Agree.
> Currently, the page-actions have an orange-background block when you
> hover over them.
> I'll check out some different 'button' look&feel to make this visually
> more clear.

Yes, thanks.

Murray

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