Any insight how will AU looks with the new not-technically-black bar? IMHO the integration with Canonical's bar may put on-hold such change. How will the bar be integrated with the current UI?
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5The new bar? We're raising the bar! (sad_trombone.mp3) – Nathan Osman Dec 4 '13 at 22:28
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2I would wait till see an astonish design from Mateo. Classic.. – Lucio Dec 4 '13 at 23:12
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2For reference: blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/12/a-new-top-bar-for-stack-exchange – andrewsomething Dec 5 '13 at 18:26
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5Funniest comment on the blog post: "It’s like Gnome3. 'Letting you do less in more clicks'" – andrewsomething Dec 5 '13 at 18:26
I present to you one possible vision of bringing together the new StackExchange and Ask Ubuntu designs, Featuring:
- New Bar maintaining the designer's vision of a single color for all sites
- A gradual transition using Canonical Mid Aubergine, indicating a Mix of consumer and enterprise focus.
- The space above the bar is removed
- The dotted background is exchanged in favor of http://www.ubuntu.com - Textured gray
Although maybe it might look more like this:
With the current design and the current placement of the bar, although many have said the orange clashes it would probably be the least different.
A touch of Aubergine for a drop shadow?
It should be interesting to see what they come up with, maybe a new design altogether?
How about we really shake things up and make a Ubuntu Widget!
Giving quick links to all the sites available in the Ubuntu bar (maybe even limited updates to select sites).
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There should be space between the Canonical and SE bars, they are two different things, squishing them together doesn't make sense. – Seth Dec 8 '13 at 6:15
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There are two obvious possibilities:
^--- The StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ takes precedence.
^--- The Ubuntu bar takes precedence.
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2@Lucio: facepalm... Did I actually just post screenshots of Meta? I need to wake up... – Nathan Osman Dec 4 '13 at 23:00
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The second option does look weird, @3ventic, but it might be required by the agreement between Stack Exchange and Canonical. – TRiG Dec 5 '13 at 15:12
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4Any reason it needs to extend the full width of the page? The bottom option would look fine if the were a gap between the two bars and the black on was the same width as the page content. Really, it's not all that much different that the current white bar. – andrewsomething Dec 5 '13 at 18:20
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1Why don't they name them both superbar and append or prepend in js? This way, you don't lose screen real-estate, but get both sets of buttons? #EleganceProblems – RobotHumans Dec 6 '13 at 23:17
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OH, that would be interesting an Ubuntu Widget Icon?! Maybe not what you are talking about @hbdgaf but it gave me the idea – Mateo Dec 7 '13 at 0:12
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That could work too. Just saying. Don't need nested bars. Nested bars == poor design decision – RobotHumans Dec 7 '13 at 0:26
Now that the new SE top bar is live it appears that the dark color does not quite fit to the otherwise so nicely made design of our page.
Playing a bit with the colors a Canonical aubergine may feel more familiar:
Dark Aubergine #2C001E
Mid Aubergine #5E2750
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I like the look of your avatar there. Didn't realize it had a transparent background. – Seth Dec 10 '13 at 18:46
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