Posts Tagged ‘Design’
Mantis Design Teaser
At my new job we use MantisBT for our bug tracking and project management. Unfortunately despite good functionality the visual side is desperately lacking some love and attention. Tired of looking at the barely styled web app I decided to spruce it up a little bit. A teaser of the new design can be seen above.
UPDATE [18/02/2011]:
The theme is not ready yet, but I finally got round to start implementing it. For anyone interested in the work in progress: Mantis – MyTheme
Finally the new design is here. Fresh, and might have a few glitches here and there (still struggling with some WP 2.7 bits and pieces).
The whole redesign process has made me swear heavily at the dreaded IE 6 browser many times. I really have to admit I holeheartedly agree with the notion of shooting it dead.
But nevertheless, enjoy the new clean design.
When I first heard of grids for design (and frameworks for CSS as a matter of fact) I was quite sceptical. Why limit yourself to a predefined outline? Mathematical precision in a creative process? Well needless to say I was surprised with the outcome.
Obviously you do tend to repeat certain pieces of code over and over in a project, but a framework? Behind a word like that usually stands a complex set of predefined elements. Though solid and reliable, these are often not very flexible and not easily modifiable. And the last two features seem to be crucial for projects that involve html and css. (more…)
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