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  1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

    So what's this about a "space theme"? The only thing that looks different to me is the input box (which looks better than it used to, so I hope that much is backported to the regular theme)

    Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:11:20 UTC from web
    1. Pony Pony

      @toksyuryel http://ur1.ca/bwbfr

      Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:13:07 UTC from web
      1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

        @pony Weird, mine still looks completely normal except for the input box.

        Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:14:00 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @toksyuryel I smile every time I read the site notice. xD

          Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:15:29 UTC from web
    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @toksyuryel Nah, the input box doesn't really work for light themes. Plus widget made core completely transparent, which imo doesn't really look nice, even on the public timeline :<

      Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:55:26 UTC from web
      1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

        @redenchilada It works very well actually! http://ur1.ca/bwc5w

        Friday, 07-Dec-12 13:59:02 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @toksyuryel Not at all, it stands out way too much from the rest of the page.

          Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:00:31 UTC from web
          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

            @redenchilada As it should.

            Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:01:03 UTC from web
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @toksyuryel It looks garish and completely clashes with a light design. The regular textbox admittedly has this problem on dark designs, but in that case it's still acceptable because people will expect textboxes to be white by default. I dunno, maybe it could be dynamic based on the content color or something.

              Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:03:34 UTC from web
              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                @redenchilada Well I like it. It makes it easier to see what I am typing and helps me remember it's there.

                Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:11:41 UTC from web
                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @toksyuryel I just think text boxes need a very good reason not to be white. A blank white box tells the user they can type here, while a blank box of any other color looks like decoration. It's possible to symbolize it in some other way, yeah, but in general it's better to be as intuitive as possible.

                  Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:17:07 UTC from StatusNet Android
                  1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                    @redenchilada You'd have to be pretty thick to think this one was just decoration, given its placement and what it is surrounded by.

                    Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:19:37 UTC from web
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @toksyuryel Maybe, but leaving textboxes white in general is a good design practice. Very few designs have textboxes of any other color even on dark userpages.

                      Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:22:12 UTC from StatusNet Android
                      1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                        @redenchilada This sounds suspiciously similar to "making all your links blue and underlined is a good design practice". If it's just based on tradition that isn't really a compelling reason for me. It's a big empty box with a bunch of formatting controls and a "send" button adjacent to it, what more do you need? Is someone really going to mistake that for a decoration? And if they do, are we certain we even want them attempting to interact with the community?

                        Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:27:54 UTC from web
                        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                          @toksyuryel That's a different concept. Links can stand out just by virtue of being any different color; if you see an odd-colored bit of text, you can assume it's a link.

                          Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:34:29 UTC from StatusNet Android
                          1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                            @redenchilada And if you see a big empty box with a "send" button next to it, you can assume it's an input box.

                            Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:35:34 UTC from web
                            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                              @toksyuryel I'd rather it be light-colored so it makes sense being a text box, though.

                              Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:38:05 UTC from StatusNet Android
                              1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                                @redenchilada Now you're just talking in circles.

                                Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:38:26 UTC from web
                                1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                  @toksyuryel You've been repeating the same argument over and over.

                                  Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:40:57 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                  1. colfax colfax

                                    @redenchilada @toksyuryel You're both being whining over something that doesn't matter and you could fix yourself if it was really that much of an issue.

                                    Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:42:28 UTC from web
                                    1. Toksyuryel Toksyuryel

                                      @colfax Who's whining about anything, we're just having a discussion about design principles.

                                      Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:43:38 UTC from web
                                    2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                      @colfax Neither of us were whining.

                                      Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:43:41 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                      1. Pony Pony

                                        @redenchilada @colfax I demand whining!

                                        Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:45:50 UTC from web
                                        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                                          @pony THE TOP NAVBAR HAS TOO MANY ITEMS THE BACKGROUND DOESN'T TILE SEAMLESSLY WHY IS RAINBOW DASH JUST FLYING IN SPACE THIS THEME MAKES NO SENSE WAA WAA WAAAAAAAAAAAA

                                          Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:48:23 UTC from StatusNet Android
                                          1. Pony Pony

                                            @redenchilada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h2jbzoyNhk

                                            Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:50:50 UTC from web
                                          2. Pony Pony

                                            @redenchilada you reminded me of that

                                            Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:50:59 UTC from web
                                          3. Pony Pony

                                            @redenchilada I'm more curious to know what's contracting the light that makes the rainbow if she's in space where water droplets wouldn't theoretically... oh wait I just thought of something nsfwoona.. anyway I guess rainbow physics work very differently in Equestria

                                            Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:58:31 UTC from web
                                            1. rising superstar autumn rising superstar autumn

                                              @pony Keep in mind the CMC drained the color out of a rainbow once.e

                                              Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:59:37 UTC from MayonnaiseHD
                                              1. Pony Pony

                                                @fortecadenza precisely, plus the liquid rainbow at the weather factory

                                                Friday, 07-Dec-12 15:00:49 UTC from web
                                                1. rising superstar autumn rising superstar autumn

                                                  @pony Which is spicy.

                                                  Friday, 07-Dec-12 15:03:17 UTC from MayonnaiseHD
                                                  1. Pony Pony

                                                    @fortecadenza lol yeah

                                                    Friday, 07-Dec-12 15:04:52 UTC from web
        2. derps derps

          @toksyuryel Why are you running Mintrefresh?

          Friday, 07-Dec-12 14:45:50 UTC from web