Hi Alex, I believe most of these changes would be welcome, and I'd be happy to review your work in this area.
There has already been at least a start on using some CSS3 elements: * Rounded corners: https://github.com/django/django/commit/fb052b528ad5f0a92f7420ab8ade16462b6435fd There is already an accepted ticket for using an icon font: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/20597 Consider starting there or with some other change on the smaller side to get some momentum before tackling bigger issues. You might find some other ideas among the complete list of accepted tickets for the admin: https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=assigned&status=new&component=contrib.admin&stage=Accepted Please expand your proposal here or in individual tickets for each issue to develop a consensus before you start work on a particular item. Thanks and looking forward to your contributions, Tim On Saturday, October 4, 2014 8:33:12 PM UTC-4, elky wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I noticed that django admin front-end code needs optimization and a bit > fresh look. > > I’m front-end developer and here is list of improvements I would like to > add: > > > - > > HTML/CSS code optimization: > - > > Replace some images with native CSS3 rules where possible (rounded > corners, gradients, shadows) providing fallbacks. > - > > Refactoring: clean messy code, replace tables with divs where it > semantically needs. > - > > Make django admin mobile friendly (responsive design). > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design> > > > > - > > Use F <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design>ont Awesome > Icons (MIT lic <http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/>ense) > for all icons inside admin area. > - > > Icon fonts allow to easily change size and style of the icon. This > is big advantage in terms of hdpi screens (like Retina) and easy admin > theme customization. > - > > Comparing with small images approach font icons allow to optimize > server requests (currently django admin doesn’t have even image sprites > for > icons). > > > > - > > Color themes. > > > Main goals are: > > - > > Keep the same UI - users are used to see this admin as it is. So no > any Grapelli-like interface. > - > > Add some UX improvements like optimize some components for touch > devices (increase some components to make them reachable for tap action). > - > > Optimize code to look it modern in 2014. > > > I would like to discuss my suggestions with community. If you guys vote > for this changes I can personally work on this django admin update. > > Thank you > > Alex D. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/5d2a870c-9239-4288-a2a6-a42c0171c8eb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
