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Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by TheOtherHobbes » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:38 PM UTC

valtism wrote: post #5

This website is really nicely designed. I can't quite place it, but I feel very good just looking at it. I can tell it was designed with care.

White or very light background, rounded corners, drop shadows, and some time on spent on proportion.

It's a nicer look than Material or any of its flat competitors.

I wouldn't object if web design headed back in this direction, but it's not a new look. Various Kai Krause and Metacreations products used a version of it back in the 1990s.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by bpicolo » Fri, May 25, 2018, 1:55 PM UTC

ratsimihah wrote: post #27

FrankDixon wrote: post #23

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Is there some name to this style? I'm seeing it more often these days, but just can't nail it down to a framework or so...

I see a mix of flat and material design, but I'm not sure it has a name like Brutalist does. One should probably come up soon given how nice it is. I really like the Rubik font here.

Replacing borders with drop shadows seems to work out great - plus light background with some really delicious colors. Reminds me of Stripe design.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by moeamaya » Fri, May 25, 2018, 2:06 PM UTC

KabuseCha wrote: post #31

moeamaya wrote: post #19

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Thanks for the love Blair!! icalc is a project by two of my good buddies, and I promise we got plenty more coming down the pipeline. Here's a few more live ones for your perusal: https://loremipsum.io/ https://gpacalculator.io/ https://chinesenewyear2018.com/

Wow - these sites are awesome! May I ask how you generate links/publicity for these projects? https://chinesenewyear2018.com/ in particular exploded in visibility on google. PS: Are you OK with me contacting you via mail with additional questions?

Thanks! Feel free to reach out, email in bio.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by moeamaya » Fri, May 25, 2018, 2:10 PM UTC

kevinherron wrote: post #38

Custom resolutions would be great... need 5120x2880 for use as my background.

Working on this. Tough at the moment since the particles background gets GPU intensive. Need to pause, resize canvas while maintaining frame, download image then resize back down and start animating again.

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by jdrbc » Fri, May 25, 2018, 2:22 PM UTC

Great patterns! If you want to build on Android I've got this open source background service https://github.com/jdrbc/SimpleBackgrounds

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:07 PM UTC

give the author some love ! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17133699

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by orliesaurus » Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:34 PM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #37

orliesaurus wrote: post #33

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Screenshot?

when I do ^L, only black pixels except for the shell prompt

haha I was interested in seeing how I could set it up myself - any hints before I start researching a similar setup?

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by ratsimihah » Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:41 PM UTC

bpicolo wrote: post #42

ratsimihah wrote: post #27

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I see a mix of flat and material design, but I'm not sure it has a name like Brutalist does. One should probably come up soon given how nice it is. I really like the Rubik font here.

Replacing borders with drop shadows seems to work out great - plus light background with some really delicious colors. Reminds me of Stripe design.

I agree. I'm using a similar design in a current pet project (http://www.niche.fm), it's fun. I still need to update the old lightpink + #181818 modules, though. :)

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by enriquto » Fri, May 25, 2018, 3:56 PM UTC

orliesaurus wrote: post #47

enriquto wrote: post #37

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when I do ^L, only black pixels except for the shell prompt

haha I was interested in seeing how I could set it up myself - any hints before I start researching a similar setup?

you can configure gnome easily to look that way (with a hidden panel and no icons, and a bit of tweking of your compoositor)

or you just write a tiny ~/.xinitrc that calls evilwm or cwm

    xsetroot -solid black
    evilwm &
    exec xterm

Re: Cool Backgrounds

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Post by orliesaurus » Sat, May 26, 2018, 12:36 AM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #49

orliesaurus wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

haha I was interested in seeing how I could set it up myself - any hints before I start researching a similar setup?

you can configure gnome easily to look that way (with a hidden panel and no icons, and a bit of tweking of your compoositor) or you just write a tiny ~/.xinitrc that calls evilwm or cwm xsetroot -solid black evilwm & exec xterm

thanks!