i have attached two splash screens and would like to know what you think and to choose which one is the best. please use the poll above with your selection.
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i have attached two splash screens and would like to know what you think and to choose which one is the best. please use the poll above with your selection.
#1 is clearer, but I don't like the color combination, actually.
#2 is using the color of the forms + frminternalsplash bgcolor. what colors wuld you recommend?
You could improve it... :)
thats why im here.... for suggestionsQuote:
Originally Posted by dee-u
Try a more lively color...
like?Quote:
Originally Posted by dee-u
It reminds me of the old PARADOX program. They used the same greenish colors. Make your splash screen colorful, with bright colors that are easy to see.
In this splash screen I used &H00987758&, try experimenting with color combinations, I just felt that the color you selected were dull...
darker is better?
Not really, white is also fine...
No, but contrasting colors are imperatve, I think. Use High-Color's. The letters shouldn't be shaded, I think, unless the shades are solid black on a light background.
i was always told to be uniform throughout a program, especially when it comes to colors. changing those colors wouldnt be difficult at all. will have to come up with something.
I can't even find a screenshot of their splash screen, but I think the colors were used as dos didn't support highcolors on most monitors.
Splash screens for professional applications are not supposed to look like some 60's hippy attire. I like the the darker colors.
heheheQuote:
Originally Posted by Hack
the main program itself is using the "60s hippy attire" because its soft on the eyes, you dont need something bright when someone is working inside an app. thats why the splash was using those colors, to make it uniform throughout. but do you think its fine to have the splash use "bright colors" and the main app using "soft colors"?
I didn't read all the posts, but the idea is really good...like it..but the colours is awfull...so I didn't vote at all..:)
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its great to get peoples feedback and opinions. still looking into a decent color scheme for when the functionality of the app is completed.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoteMe
As a matter of personal perference (and standards at my company), bright colors are always avoided.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrailleSchool
so what do you recommend i do throughout my app and the splash screen?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
I like the splash screen that way that it is (a decidely minority opinion I realize)Quote:
Originally Posted by BrailleSchool
As far as the rest of your app goes, if it is working for you then stay with it.
I'm certain you have a target market for this application. You might want to see if you could get a user group together and run it by them. The people that you really need opinions on are the ones that are going to be using your application.
It needs a better color combination and maybe a design that doesnt look like a basic template. :)
only problem is, im no graphic designer ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
i dont have a set target yet but will be within the business community. maybe consulting because itll have inventory, receipts, invoicing, client information, supplier information, authorized user management, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
I know, me too. Seems like allot of programmers are graphically challenged. Usually something simple but appealing to the eye is all thats needed. Maybe a nice image to go with it and a couple of complementing colors. Remember that you can take things too far and get a bad result too. Its hard finding the happy median.
1) Contrasting colors are good. Makes it easier to read. Dark color text on light backgrounds are easiest to read (ie black on white)
2) Use the system colors if at all possible. You never know when a color-blind person is going to use your app. Odds are they'll have a color scheme setup that they can use easily. By supplying youir own colors, it makes it tough for them to operate the app.
3) Take your first scrn shot there, shrink it.... then put it on a form (background white) as a logo, then text around it.
-tg
exactly my point. you can never please everyone. lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
i know that the internal and external form designs are going to be the major part of the app. getting rid of all the caption bars on the top of the forms and making my own to go with the page color schemes. just like someone did recently (he also showed what he had done on vbf.) I plan to do something similar. all commercial apps have some kind of great color schemes that are easy on the eye. presentation is everything. people usually dont care whats "under the hood." all they care about is what the app looks like and what it can do. coding is only 15% of the production in my opinion, but of course, everyone has their own ideas. im sure that when the app is complete, ill post screen shots for feedback (good and bad).
being visually challenged myself, i have an idea of what someone in my situation needs in an app. i am also thinking of allowing the user to select a "skin" depending on their needs. of course, this is way down the road yet but its in my todo list.Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
i have stayed with the same colors but done something a little different. feedback pls.
I like it! I like it a lot!!
By the way, I notice that the other commercial developers that have posted in this thread were not advocating bright colors either. :D
so the color scheme and the transition is better now? i was thinking of using the same gradient for the internal and external forms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
I like it, and I would say give it shot for your forms as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrailleSchool
It would lend a nice consistensy to the entire application.
thats what i was looking to do. uniform throughout. what do you think of this one? its the same as the other but with a slight raiseQuote:
Originally Posted by Hack
It's better now, though the wordings on the lower part are not readable to me...
I concur. The copyright info is hard to read. Maybe a different color altogether if it's going to be that small. If it's full-screen, that may be different, but if it's the size of the picture, it's hard to read.
Agree with dee-u and David, the lower text is very difficult to read. Suggest removing the shadow - see how that looks.
Other than that, the new scheme is wonderful, eye catching and pleasing too - great job.
thanks guys, will look into making the lower text clearer.
how about this. the splash screen will be up for about 5 seconds and then automatically closed to show the login screen
Nah, that might even be worse. How about if the letters in it were white? Or another color? The black shading really messes things up. Maybe even a bigger font for the last line?
Note: That's the line you really care that they see!
what about this?Quote:
Originally Posted by dglienna
To be honest...the background is the biggest problem...it is really close to cayen, one of the 16 standard colours on a computer, and it is screaming. The same with magent and any colour that is close up to one of the corners of a RGB box...
I agree with David on the black shading for the copywrite line. It does mess it up and make hard to read.
Granted, only 1 in 50 ever bother to really look at a Splash screen, but that 1 that does should be impressed.
Personaly, I'd make the logo and all text blue (solid w/o gradients), drop the background in favor of white and remove the outlining on the copyright lettering.
It's almost to the point of being too much going on with all the different gradients.
-tg
It is only going to be on the screen for a matter of seconds so it would seem that you would need stuff going on to catch the eye (although that belief may, indeed, be why I'm a programmer and not a graphical designer :D )Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
as i said, im no graphic designer, lol. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Hack
when it comes to the splash, its only going to be visible for 5 seconds and then itll disappear.
Precisely my point...it won't be there long enough for someone to "study".Quote:
Originally Posted by BrailleSchool
Incidentally, your copyright information should also be in your Aboutbox which will be displayed until someone clicks OK.
For something that's only there for 5 seconds (which does seem like a long time to some users)... you're putting in (in my opinion) way too much time, thought and effort into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BrailleSchool
-tg
the about box is within the main app under Help > About. This information has the copyright notice and the users registration information/app version number. of course, that stays visible until the ok button is clicked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
maybe so but i am what is known as a perfectionist. heheheQuote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
i have studied many commerical apps that have splash screens and many of them have some soft gradient to them. as an example Ad-Aware.
So, any changes in the splash screen since the last picture?
i am still trying to come up with something decent and having a hard time of it, hehe. this is what i have so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack
I am thinking I might go a little darker for the back ground and see where that takes me.
Okay, I have been working hard on the splash screen and this is the most current...
PErsonaly, I think it's the most readable, clearest one yet. ... I'd lose the fuzzy shaowing on the copyright though... it's still tough to read.
-tg
Much better. Try changing the text color to something more contrasting.
still working on that :)Quote:
Originally Posted by techgnome
what color/s would you suggest? Also, just to advise you all, you've been added to the credits screen. - attached. (if you want to be removed, let me know)Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
Thanks for mentioning me... :)
you have helped a lot so credit where its due :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dee-u
The last one is much better, but I still think the blue/green combination is rather horrifying :)
I dont have any font quite like that but I will try and come up with a mock-up of some better colours (IMO :))
You could try black, white, or yellow text. ;)