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    • olivierlambertO Offline
      olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO @peder
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      @peder We already showed that to a color blind person. No problem at all πŸ™‚ Also the yellow is far from being the main color used everywhere else (website etc.) Thanks for your input!

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      • MajorTomM Offline
        MajorTom @peder
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        @peder said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

        Something like this.
        Or possibly changing the light yellow to pure white and using the light yellow instead of the dark one.

        Yes, this one is more legible. I like it more πŸ™‚

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          peder @olivierlambert
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          @olivierlambert I still think the dark red text is an abomination πŸ™‚
          Here's another mock-up,xcpng2.jpg using the darkest red from the logo rocket

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          • olivierlambertO Offline
            olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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            I got your point πŸ˜‰ That's why the latest design got far less red.

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              peder
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              Last suggestion.
              Replacing the current /usr/lib64/xsconsole/XConsoleConfig.py values with the ones in the insert gives something like below.
              It accents the red/brownish color seen on the website.

              xcpng.jpg

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              • olivierlambertO Offline
                olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                Hi @peder thanks but it's not like this you respect a theme color πŸ˜‰ Take the hex color code from XCP-ng logo (eg the "red" which isn't red πŸ˜› ), then convert it to RGB (on 255), and after this, convert it to RGB on a base 1000 (color used by curse library).

                Then, as long as you respect the ration between R,G and B, you can raise or reduce the number (again, keeping the ratio) to get darker or lighter result.

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                  peder @olivierlambert
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                  @olivierlambert The actual values I posted aren't that important, it was the overall look I was going for.

                  I don't have commit rights to anything so I can only come up with ideas.
                  If you decide to use your colors I can't do anything about it, except for modifying my own copy of the program, and if you choose to go with my suggestion you can adjust any specific value to taste and theme-fidelity.

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                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                    olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                    We'll see in the future to have a config file easily editable and maybe preconfigured "themes" πŸ™‚

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                    • borzelB Offline
                      borzel XCP-ng Center Team @olivierlambert
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                      @olivierlambert colors and themes are always the most important features in software πŸ˜‰

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                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                        olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
                        last edited by olivierlambert

                        Yeah despite xsconsole is far from being the main entry point to manage XS/XCP-ng, it seems people are very touchy about changing anything there πŸ˜›

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                        • akurzawaA Offline
                          akurzawa
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                          little off-top, any one know how to prevent status screen from going blank? I would like to see those information all the time

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                          • olivierlambertO Offline
                            olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                            Less yellowish terminal to use less different colors and keeping the variations in the logo:

                            5.png

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                            • olivierlambertO Offline
                              olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                              @akurzawa maybe try setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0 but I have no idea if it will work.

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                                snowstruk @olivierlambert
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                                @olivierlambert I like this one the best so far. I like how there is a lot less red, but still some there.

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                                • bnrstnrB Offline
                                  bnrstnr
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                                  I can't believe this is even a thing. How much time are people spending on this screen?! lol

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                                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                                    olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                                    @snowstruk I think it's the best balance between making a "brand" on XCP-ng and usability.

                                    But as @bnrstnr suggest, yeah I'm still surprised there is so much debate on it for something nobody use a lot (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

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                                      snowstruk @olivierlambert
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                                      @olivierlambert It just shows that people are passionate about this project.

                                      In the end you cannot make everyone happy, but since you are seeking feedback I will provide my 2 cents.

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                                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                                        olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                                        Indeed πŸ™‚ And the feedback reduced the amount of "red", for the best I suppose. Constructive criticism is always good πŸ™‚

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                                        • borzelB Offline
                                          borzel XCP-ng Center Team
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                                          I like the last result!

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                                          • MajorTomM Offline
                                            MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                                            @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                                            (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

                                            Me is.

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