Swad Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Well, in the future we'd like to make TwinMac the same kind of guide place for Macs as the OSx86 Project is for OSx86. That's kinda on the backburner for now, though. Our first priority is transitioning the forum and then redesigning the wiki to be much more user friendly. We're really excited about these plans and we hope you are too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Wow! I really like the new Insanely Mac skin. Good work, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The text is too big in a lot of areas and it looks disproportionate. The current theme has a slick aqua look in sharp contrast to this the new theme, which looks very unorganized and not very "Apple-ish." Even considering that it's in a beta stage, I don't like where it's going at all. The color scheme seems more reminiscent of Windows Media Center than of Apple OS X. To be frank, if I was to look at this skin without being told it was for a Mac board, I'd have never guessed. I think the ideal look would be the current theme but with a different top banner. Either that or a forum design based on the popular "Milk" theme for OS X. I'm just trying to give some honest criticism. I'd even be willing to lend a hand with a few things. I don't want anybody to take offense.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Haibara Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Very good job! I hope that transition it's ready until a week Sherry Haibara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Thanks so much for the comments, everyone! Takuro - Your suggestions are always welcomed. Also, we will be making some additional skins after we get everything transitioned, especially for the blogs... and one of the first is a milk theme (we've already got mockups). A lot of people (me included) are thinking that Apple will move away from the Aqua-ness of OS X with Leopard, so we didn't want too much gloss and reflection. All in all, I think it's one of the better Mac forum skins out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ced1610 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Nice job guys, the website is very clear and seem to be more futurist... but the Rapsody Modern will miss me, it marked its difference... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I do like the new theme, but it reminds me of Vista for some reason. I don't know why, maybe the green-blue color scheme (like the default XP task bar) or the font that the names are in. I'm not a fan of too much gloss either so I guess this is ok but I agree with Takuro and will be glad when a milk theme is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Just for the record, this skin is also much more usable... you'll find the buttons at the top for subscribing, etc... it should be much more user friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sHARD>> Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 The text is too big in a lot of areas and it looks disproportionate. The current theme has a slick aqua look in sharp contrast to this the new theme, which looks very unorganized and not very "Apple-ish." Even considering that it's in a beta stage, I don't like where it's going at all. The color scheme seems more reminiscent of Windows Media Center than of Apple OS X. To be frank, if I was to look at this skin without being told it was for a Mac board, I'd have never guessed. In a way I agree, but yet I also have to ask why everyone must look like a Mac site. Being unique is powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxfoo Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 hi all, i just wanted to say that the site looks good and the only thing that i noticed was that i think the auto rezise is having some issues when there is user sig image that is too wide. i have attached a pic of what i'm talking about, check out the right side of the image. it happens when you resize the browser windows in both firefox and safari. once again, appreciate everyones hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignorantcow Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Takuro: The skin was made in attempt to imitate Apple's design philosophy without actually directly copying any of the (copyrighted) elements. Making something too obviously "Apple-ish" would make it seem cheap- "Oh look, there's yet another rip-off!" We're trying to set trends here, not follow them by using popular and overused techniques. linuxfoo: That is actually a feature. I didn't touch that part of the template, so it would be default behaviour. It makes overflowing posts not "expand" the rest of the thread. vBulletin does this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaD Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 Bring it on Bro ............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arenared Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Nice job guys, the website is very clear and seem to be more futurist... but the Rapsody Modern will miss me, it marked its difference... TO: ced1610 is that your picture or is that a pic of "Biff" from back to the future? really ,just a question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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