Starry Night

[cesy]

Theme name/layout: Starry Night (Modular)
Author: cesy
Layout info: Source code / Preview
Image info: By skylark_photos, who offered it in the graphics post.

Comments

[cheyinka]

The preview link seems to be a preview of the Koi layout.

[cesy]

Oops. Is that better now?

[cheyinka]

Yep!

It's neat how resizing my browser window seems to "unveil" more of the header image! (Initially I just saw the tip of the bird's beak, but as I widened the window, more of the image appeared, like drawing back a curtain to look out a window.)

[yvi]

Oh, neat!

/constructive feedback ;)

[ex_rising236]

I like it, but on the public computer with internet explorer at school the contrast is quite low. Will have to see what it looks like when I get home tonight to make a proper opinion of it.

[kareila]

Header contrast is too low for me as well.

[ninetydegrees]

I like the colors. Very soothing. I have the same issue than cheyinka but in reverse. I can't see the full picture and all the nav links in full width but it displays fine when I resize to something smaller.

[cesy]

How does it look with the new image? It'll still unveil more in the same way, and should work okay with a variety of widths.

[cesy]

Is the new contrast any better?

[cesy]

I've made some fixes - does it work okay now?

[cesy]

Thanks. I've improved the contrast slightly now - let me know if it's okay or still too low.

[ninetydegrees]

Perfect in all sizes I've tested it with!

[kareila]

Much better, but I see another potential problem: that color for the header text is the same as the background behind the image, which means that if image loading is off, the text won't show.

[cesy]

Good catch, thanks! How's the new version?

[cesy]

Also, I set the font to be TNR/serif using the wizard, but it hasn't applied to everything, so I guess something's hardcoded that shouldn't be. Is there already a bug open for that?

[ninetydegrees]

Hmm. Not sure. This one maybe: http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2982

[timeasmymeasure]

I like this. It's very soothing :)

[kareila]

Yes, the different color background prevents the problem, although I can see a tiny strip of the background color still peeking out from behind the image along the bottom border after the image is fully loaded. It's subtle enough not to be a major distraction, though.

[lark_ascends]

Really nice work. Love it.

*is excited to see an image of mine being used*

[laitaine]

Pretty!

[ex_rising236]

From my home computer it's okayish now. Still a lot low contrast for me personally but I can read the text without selecting, which is good. The other thing that comes to mind for me is that it's weird to have the rounded corners on the top and that the sidebar and the entries part doesn't have rounded corners.

[starlady]

I like it! I'm more used to darker backgrounds/higher background-text contrast, but this works well.

[ninetydegrees]

There's a colored stripe at the bottom of the header now. ;_;

Other question: have your removed the rounded corners from entries and the sidebar on purpose?

[cesy]

Is the coloured stripe sorted now?

The rounded corners were around individual entries, rather than the large block of all entries, so yes. I've tried adding them back in on the large block - is that better?

[ninetydegrees]

It's thinner but still there.

Well, I think it looks more like Modular now. I had no preference one way or another. It's just it can be a disorientating when a theme varies much from the base style. (One user even thought the theme had been missorted).

[cesy]

I wonder if some of the margins are working or not working in different browsers, because I don't see the line at all. I've reduced the height of the header again, so I hope that sorts it.

I quite like the idea of showing off to users that our schemes are that flexible, but I see what you mean.

[cesy]

Fixed now!

[ninetydegrees]

Fixed for me now!

Check, check, check...

[ninetydegrees]

Has the photographer sent a CLA? Do you know if Denise's gotten it?

Re: Check, check, check...

[cesy]

They said they would send one, but I don't know if Denise has it yet.

[cheyinka]

It still looks good! I liked the darker image better, but this image has less of a "your browser window is too small so you are missing something important" feel to it.

Re: Check, check, check...

[lark_ascends]

Yes, the photographer (i.e. me) has sent a CLA and Denise has gotten it.

Re: Check, check, check...

[ninetydegrees]

Thank you, rinkle. I'm gonna need confirmation from Denise but it's very good to know you sent it.

Re: Check, check, check...

[lark_ascends]

If you go to this comment thread you'll see that she confirmed it.

Re: Check, check, check...

[ninetydegrees]

Oh perfect! Thanks again.

[ninetydegrees]

Hi Cesy, in case you miss it, I just wanted to say this got committed today. Sorry for the delay.

[cesy]

Yeah, I saw the changelog. Thank you!