<div dir="ltr">My personal opinions...<div><br></div><div>It looks very crisp and sharp. </div><div><br></div><div style>Constructive criticism:</div><div><br></div><div>In one of the images, it looks like the left menu is overlaid on the screen content - I have a natural dislike of anything that partially covers anything else.<br>
<div><br></div><div style>I don't like the face icons. Most people won't use them. Those that do won't use them consistently so it'll just be a messy inconsistency. It would look tidier if they weren't there.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>What is with the blue ribbon which seems to have attached itself to the blueonyx logo on the login and admin screens? Does it have any functionality?</div></div><div style><br></div><div style>
Please, for the love of God, move the trashcan/delete icon away from the admin button! I have twice in my many years accidentally clicked on the trashcan.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Ideas:</div><div style>Set up a phpBB support forum or similar for self-support, and link to it from within the admin interface. This site would also be able to offer help with installing drupal, phpBB etc on BX without clogging up this rather wonderful mailing list.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Maybe allow a "Lite/pro interface [_]" check box that will suppress a lot of prettifying information like the BlueOnyx logo, mouseovers, tooltips, etc.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
For the memory usage bar in one of your images, I have a visual idea that is hard to explain, but I'll try:</div><div style><br></div><div style>What is helpful is three bars, visually.</div><div style><br></div><div style>
Memory: <span style="background-color:rgb(102,0,0)"> <font color="#ffffff"> System </font> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)"> user 6 </span><font color="#ffffff" style="background-color:rgb(39,78,19)"> everyone else </font><font color="#ffffff" style="background-color:rgb(11,83,148)"> 32% free </font></div>
<div style>CPU: <span style="background-color:rgb(102,0,0)"><font color="#ffffff"> System </font></span><span style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)"> user6 </span><span style="background-color:rgb(147,196,125)"> user2 </span><span style="background-color:rgb(147,196,125)"> user 1 </span><span style="background-color:rgb(39,78,19)"> <font color="#ffffff">everyone else</font> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(11,83,148)"> <font color="#ffffff"> 85% free </font> </span></div>
<div style>Storage: <span style="background-color:rgb(102,0,0)"><font color="#ffffff"> /dev </font></span><span style="background-color:rgb(241,194,50)"> /bin </span><span style="background-color:rgb(147,196,125)"> /tmp </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,217,102)"> /var </span><span style="background-color:rgb(39,78,19)"> <font color="#ffffff">/user </font> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(11,83,148)"> <font color="#ffffff"> 85% free </font> </span><br>
</div><div style><br></div><div style>This gives an immediate visual representation of resource usage. Also, the names can be clickable links that can take you directly to that site's admin/stats page so you can see what's going on. System is always first, then the top two or three users over a threshold percentage, then everyone else and the free resources.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I'd also like to see some kind of visual tool to see which accounts are using the most resources in Apache and MySQL, including visual representations of the volume of resources used. Highlighting resource-hungry accounts helps target clients who should maybe be paying a little more, or moved to a different server. Who has time to go dig for this information? Visual tools help greatly.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>IMVVHO</div><div style>Dave</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Michael Stauber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mstauber@blueonyx.it" target="_blank">mstauber@blueonyx.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Michael,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> It is looking really good. Just to add 2cents, I would love to see a top<br>
> horizontal menu with css dropdowns.<br>
><br>
> Also has any thought been given to responsive design or a seprate mobile<br>
> theme that would autoload on phones? That would be killer.<br>
<br>
</div>Well, it is a theme we purchased and it has all these things and more.<br>
Just to see what it can do and how the general responsiveness is, check<br>
this URL: <a href="http://templates.tricyclelabs.com/adminica/" target="_blank">http://templates.tricyclelabs.com/adminica/</a><br>
<br>
And yes, mobile support is included as well. During the development I'm<br>
regularly checking the results with the iPad and iPhone as well. On the<br>
phone it already looks radically different and much more compact, which<br>
aids usability on such small screens.<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
--<br>
With best regards<br>
<br>
Michael Stauber<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"> "At present, not all the possibilities implied by the above are implemented."</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"> -- Tony Firshman, 1999</font></p></div>
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