Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color scheme. The major points that were touched upon: - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or "neon-y". Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue color for links. - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png As opposed to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer the latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black article background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* minimalist. -Dmitry

Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color scheme. The major points that were touched upon: - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or "neon-y". Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue color for links. - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png As opposed to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer the latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black article background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* minimalist. -Dmitry

Sure, here's the APK: https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/alphas/wikipedia_20… The above uses the slightly-grey colors (instead of all black). On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thanks for the update Dmitry. > > From a high-level product standpoint I'm very happy with what I'm > seeing in both of those screenshots. I probably slightly prefer the grey > (the solid black looks a bit glossy on my tablet in experience, which > defeats the point a bit), but it's primarily a design issue and I'll > support their choice. > > Would you like some input from me before it hits the signoff column? > I'm fine either way, but if you want some quick input from me on your > work-in-progress build just send me an APK and I'll take a look. :-) > > Dan > > > On 9 July 2014 14:33, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color scheme. >> The major points that were touched upon: >> >> - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or >> "neon-y". Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue >> color for links. >> >> - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified >> (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu: >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png >> As opposed to: >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png >> >> Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer the >> latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black article >> background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* >> minimalist. >> >> >> -Dmitry >> >> > > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation >

Oh, also, I think we need to work on the transition. There's an animation played when you change between night and day modes due to the app reloading the activity. This gives the impression of it loading a new page, which isn't the way the interaction should work here. This is done mostly for technical reasons, so I'm okay with it for now, but in the long run we need to iron out that too. Thanks guys! Dan On 10 July 2014 12:49, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > I took a look at the APK. It looks pretty good! Some notes: > > - I'd like to see the design for the selector get closer to the > design that Vibha provided. > - There's a slight seizure-inducing moment when loading a new page > in night mode; a white screen flashes at you during the transition. This > needs ironing out. > > Dan > > > On 9 July 2014 14:45, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Sure, here's the APK: >> >> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/alphas/wikipedia_20… >> >> The above uses the slightly-grey colors (instead of all black). >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the update Dmitry. >>> >>> From a high-level product standpoint I'm very happy with what I'm >>> seeing in both of those screenshots. I probably slightly prefer the grey >>> (the solid black looks a bit glossy on my tablet in experience, which >>> defeats the point a bit), but it's primarily a design issue and I'll >>> support their choice. >>> >>> Would you like some input from me before it hits the signoff column? >>> I'm fine either way, but if you want some quick input from me on your >>> work-in-progress build just send me an APK and I'll take a look. :-) >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On 9 July 2014 14:33, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color >>>> scheme. The major points that were touched upon: >>>> >>>> - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or >>>> "neon-y". Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue >>>> color for links. >>>> >>>> - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified >>>> (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu: >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png >>>> As opposed to: >>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png >>>> >>>> Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer >>>> the latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black >>>> article background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* >>>> minimalist. >>>> >>>> >>>> -Dmitry >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Garry >>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >> > > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation