User blog comment:Dragonjet/KC3改/@comment-26415148-20160209192017

Sorry for making a new post for this but I wanted to get out of the slightly BabyRage-y mentality of the older post and focus more on providing some constructive feedback on the new 'plain' ("old") theme. First of all though, thanks for listening DJ <3 (Although I didn't expect you to get on it this fast at all!)

So, first things first, I personally think the one thing a lot of legacy theme users appreciated was the general readability of that theme. Now there are probably people that disagree with me there but I really do think that improved readability is a very good goal to work towards with this theme. I want to keep this short so I'll just try to summarise some of my main thoughts here, maybe other people can help elaborate and add to that. So, let's get right into it, shall we?

- White background: yes yes yes! Some people might prefer the darker background on natsuiro, but IMO the white background provides much more contrast and in general makes everything much easier to read. Also, 'Strategy room' style blue background separating everything helps too.

- Layout: obviously quite different but I personally think these subdivisions could work out quite well too, separating everything into roughly their own categories. The only real issue I have is that I'd rather see fleet status bits like AS, speed and LoS next to the actual fleet rather than in their own bit, but others might disagree with me here. The bigger expedition timers I am fairly neutral on, would like to see them in action first.

- Fleet status: I really love the fact that you've made it look more like the legacy theme, but there could still be some space for further tweaks. Would personally love if you could get it closer to the old theme but perhaps going into a newer direction is better. The sizing on a few elements looks a bit awkward, especially the equips. Position/size/color of exp bars could be changed IMO. Typefacing could honestly use some changes to better (de)emphasize certain pieces of information, like names/classes/level/exp requirements (the neon blue lettering is already a lot less annoying on the white background tho). Colored border around ship portaits looked really nice IMO and helped spotting taiha's normally. Also, where for god's sake are the resupply bars?

- Natsuiro features: the supply/morale fleet status checklist could be a great addition for at-a-glance readiness check, but I'm afraid it might lead to more clutter. Hard to form an opinion without using it IMO. Expedition/crafting tabs: wondering how you will implement those? I personally liked the info box approach the old version used, as it keeps everything on screen without suddenly changing the screen but still manages to keep it somewhat clean by not showing irrelevant information most of the time. Might require more:

- Panel size: I think it wouldn't hurt at all to make it slightly bigger size. Idk how much work it is to implement but IMO could be a big improvement, as I'm afraid everything might still be slightly too small to see comfortably. Old panel on 420px felt like it had a really nice size, though with some dead space. Could also give more freedom on changing the layout if you're willing to go that far.

Whoops, this ended up getting far longer than I originally planned to have it be. Hoping I didn't miss anything, but if I did others should hopefully comment on it (or y'all should just provide feedback in general :P). This is fine right? This is fine, peace out, hope you'll take some of these thoughts into consideration DJ.