[jira] [Created] (COUCHDB-2275) New document sidebar feedback

["Garren Smith (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Garren Smith created COUCHDB-2275:
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             Summary: New document sidebar feedback
                 Key: COUCHDB-2275
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-2275
             Project: CouchDB
          Issue Type: Improvement
      Security Level: public (Regular issues)
          Components: Fauxton
            Reporter: Garren Smith


Lena was kind enough to send some feedback on the new sidebar.

I really like the generally very clean and tidy design, great work! I know it's hard to make design decisions, especially when there's no widely agreed based for them. Most of it is based on the styles of CouchDB's website, as it's afaik currently the only existing base with a design that has been approved and agreed on. Thus, please just take this as input and thoughts from my side. 
# Typography
- looks good to me
# central area - readability
- current colours are code in red / black on beige background, alternative idea would be to choose a white background in terms of readability
# Colours 
as in https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/blob/master/assets/less/couchdb.less –
- @linkcolor: is #CA2530 in the CSS, is #ff0000 on the website + in CouchDB's logo
- @red: is #9d261d in the CSS, is #ff0000 on the website + in CouchDB's logo (which then also automatically affects @redButton and @linkColor in https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/blob/master/assets/less/variables.less )
Colours as in https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/blob/master/assets/less/variables.less
- @darkred is #AF2D24 here, is #a70012 in the logo
# leftmost sidebar / menu with icons
- general note: the contrast of the dark grey icons (#2c2120 in my screenshot) and their background (#443c3b) is pretty low – maybe go for a bit lighter grey for the background here?
# left sidebar
- interaction popup box in left sidebar (showing when user clicks "+" icon):  the contrast of "add new" text and the dark background is also pretty low – maybe choose a lighter grey (maybe even the one which is currently used for "Secondary View" text in the screenshot)?
- the red of the "plus" icon: ideally, it would also be #ff0000



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