I was working on fixing https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27332 (resolved in r82155) and started messing with removing most of the gratuitous lines in the search UI. Here's a screenshot of what we could do instead. I have a patch for this that works in all browsers, including IE6.
Screenshot: http://i54.tinypic.com/14d109f.png
Patch: http://pastebin.com/WjZwpdez
- Trevor
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Trevor Parscal tparscal@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was working on fixing https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27332 (resolved in r82155) and started messing with removing most of the gratuitous lines in the search UI. Here's a screenshot of what we could do instead.
I don't like it really :-\ I like having the space around the box. It helps set it out from the rest of the bar. With your changes, it kind of blurs the distinction, at least to me. I'm just one opinion though, and by my own account suck at everything related to making a UI.
-Chad
I agree. I think that the search box needs to be distinct and obvious as a control; this change blends it into the background too much.
Since search is one of our most important features, it should stand out and be easier to target visually, not less.
On 2/14/11 6:27 PM, Chad wrote:
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Trevor Parscaltparscal@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was working on fixing https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27332 (resolved in r82155) and started messing with removing most of the gratuitous lines in the search UI. Here's a screenshot of what we could do instead.
I don't like it really :-\ I like having the space around the box. It helps set it out from the rest of the bar. With your changes, it kind of blurs the distinction, at least to me. I'm just one opinion though, and by my own account suck at everything related to making a UI.
-Chad
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+1 to both, looks to much like another tab and it does something completely different. Different things should look differently. Might be even more confusing if the drop down menu arrow would be on the left of it (then that's usually visible when you log in) - would suggest a search history button or something like that.
Brandon Harris (2011-02-15 04:05):
I agree. I think that the search box needs to be distinct and obvious as a control; this change blends it into the background too much.
Since search is one of our most important features, it should stand out and be easier to target visually, not less.
On 2/14/11 6:27 PM, Chad wrote:
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Trevor Parscaltparscal@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was working on fixing https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27332 (resolved in r82155) and started messing with removing most of the gratuitous lines in the search UI. Here's a screenshot of what we could do instead.
I don't like it really :-\ I like having the space around the box. It helps set it out from the rest of the bar. With your changes, it kind of blurs the distinction, at least to me. I'm just one opinion though, and by my own account suck at everything related to making a UI.
-Chad
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Yet another +1. Nice experiment but in this case the lines aren't really gratuitous. Something is necessary there to indicate the presence of an editable text field.
I see what you're trying to do, but I can't imagine any way of not having a visible line around the whole thing. Maybe the search box could be a somewhat lighter shade of grey.
On 2/15/11 12:59 PM, Maciej Jaros wrote:
+1 to both, looks to much like another tab and it does something completely different.
Brandon Harris (2011-02-15 04:05):
I agree. I think that the search box needs to be distinct and obvious as a control; this change blends it into the background too much.
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