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Updated Nav Bar

Post by ElectroGhandi »

Attn StandardShifter:

Would you like to use this for the Nav Bar?

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i kinda like it
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too fancy. the whole layout would have to be changed

get that web2.0 shit out of here
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It could just be an image map like the current one, no web2.0 worries here. I think it looks fantastic.
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paul34 wrote:It would require a retool of the rest of the site, but I think overall it looks decent without being over the top. The look of the site is rather basic anyway, possibly could use a little color - but really, I've gotten used to and comfortable with the way the site looks. Although I'm not feeling the "motion blur" shift knob although I understand what it is trying to convey.
Seconded. And the mixing of the Helvetica Ulta Light and Lucida Grande looks icky. (Mixing sans serfs like that rarely works well btw.)
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+1 to both ashish and dumbblonde...no moving stick, no mixed serifs/fonts...
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I like, but the blurry shift knob bothers me as well
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I like the overall look but also do not like the blurry shift knob.
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Another vote against the blurred knob.

How about indicating motion with a ratcheted/staggered/trailed (or whatever it's called) image of the knob? Like if you enable Mouse Trails in Windows, or like combining a few photo frames where the background is the same but the subject has moved.

I can visualize it, I can't create it, and I don't know what it's called.
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theholycow wrote: How about indicating motion with a ratcheted/staggered/trailed (or whatever it's called) image of the knob? Like if you enable Mouse Trails in Windows, or like combining a few photo frames where the background is the same but the subject has moved.

I can visualize it, I can't create it, and I don't know what it's called.
That's what blurring is XD. Just more rapid and numerous. I could make it blur the way you're talking about, but I tried it and you couldn't tell what it was anymore.


I will make a new one with the fonts fixed and they layout tweaked.
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This effect is close but not quite exactly what I was talking about:
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I don't know exactly how it differs from what I visualized earlier, but I know it's a little different.
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Where's the image?
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or you could just make a video of someone shifting and make that a gif.
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Caramel wrote:or you could just make a video of someone shifting and make that a gif.
Animation? In the navigation bar!? Hyööörrrrggh!!
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Caramel wrote:or you could just make a video of someone shifting and make that a gif.
Win!
Tups wrote:Animation? In the navigation bar!? Hyööörrrrggh!!
I don't know what "Hyööörrrrggh!!" means or even how to pronounce it, but it seems like something that may be full of win.
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