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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I get it, and I get the heavy feel of
one, despite it's familiarity. I also sympathise with those that
find 2 just too stark. Could we try a third, with an "off
white" blue background. <br>
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I guess Facebook have spend a lot of time and money on researching
the visuals on their site, perhaps something like the blue grey
under their "menu" on the left. A very very similar colour to
that used in similar locations on outlook.com. his might play
havoc with the drop shadows, but perhaps a gradient that fades
from the original blue to the new background colour could be used
to make graphics pop out of the background.<br>
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It might be worth looking at using the Thunderbird mark as a
largish water mark in the mid to top left on the home screen to
the left of the download button.<br>
Something like was used in the Monterail theme. I did not like it
for a folder pane background, but the idea is modern and classy
and might play well if located correctly on the homepage.<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
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Matt<br>
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On 27-Apr-19 7:45 AM, alex wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello wonderful people!<br>
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Here's a little experiment...<br>
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I was looking at the overall design of the home page, while
doing some UX mock-ups for the application, and I couldn't shake
off the feelings of "disconnection" and "heaviness".<br>
<br>
I decided to apply a new visual style to the content and the
flow we defined, pushing for a brighter identity, and using only
colors available from our styleguide.<br>
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You can see both design iterations here (use your keyboard
arrows to move through screen 1 and 2): <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://invis.io/7WRQVWSCAUE">https://invis.io/7WRQVWSCAUE</a><br>
While I like v1, I think the brighter v2 feels more modern,
proposing an easily digestible and appealing color palette,
while pushing a bit of brand identity which will be reflected in
the actual email client (more on that to come).<br>
<br>
Keep in mind that this is a simple aesthetic choice, so it all
comes down to what we like and what we don't, and I'd love to
hear your thoughts on which direction feels more inline with the
Thunderbird identity.</p>
<p><i><font size="-1">FYI, I'm using Invision as the Presentator
instance I've been using till now has an SSL certificate
issue. You can leave comments like you did with Presentator.<br>
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<p>Cheers,<br>
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