New chat background

violoncelloCH · February 3, 2019, 11:55am

so here is my suggestion for a new default chat background:
(ref new chat background · Issue #477 · deltachat/deltachat-android · GitHub)

what do you think?

if we come to a final state I’m happy to create PRs to the repos (including the source .svg)

Hocuri · February 3, 2019, 2:39pm

I like it.

Have you designed all of the icons yourself? (except the Delta Chat logo) I mean, there must not be a stranger’s copyright on any of the icons you used.

violoncelloCH · February 3, 2019, 5:56pm

good point @Hocuri

the speech bubble is taken from the delta chat logo, simply placed three dots inside
the @ is simply the sign adapted to have the ~same thickness like the delta bubble
the mail is inspired from the material design mail icon, but rounded, so it fits to the delta bubble and @

the arrow is the only one I didn’t create myself so yes, I should probably exchange this one… taking it as inspiration for my own one should work, shouldn’t it?

does this work?

violoncelloCH · February 3, 2019, 6:22pm

now it’s all my own work… updated my original post

adbenitez · February 4, 2019, 1:53pm

@violoncelloCH cool!!! I love it!!! nice work!!!
I am a simple person, but some friends have complained about the default Delta Chat background, I think they will love this one!! I will set it on my phone to see if it adapts to screen orientation magically like the old one

violoncelloCH · February 4, 2019, 2:29pm

@adbenitez that’s an other problem, indeed… it’s stretched on android, yes… but for that we have deltachat/android#466

Massick · February 4, 2019, 3:11pm

wow, awesome! Changing background in 3…2…1…

abrahamperez · February 4, 2019, 4:07pm

i like it!!! cool. it is a good work!!!

violoncelloCH · February 9, 2019, 11:38am

so @r10s what do you think?

r10s · February 9, 2019, 5:17pm

nice work

is the background available as an svg or so?
so that we can adapt the color to match the color of the action bar and/or add some light effect or whatever?

violoncelloCH · February 9, 2019, 8:24pm

@r10s of course, should I create a PR to the interfaces repo?
I’ve also made some thoughts about changing the color… actually, the icons are in the delta primay color, but transparent to the background to make a small contrast… If you have a concrete idea what to change, I’m happy to do it already, but of course I’ll contribute the .svg…

Lexi · February 11, 2019, 5:50pm

I think it would look even better if all the icons were evenly spaced. So the same distance between any two icons. Maybe in a grid like that
x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x
_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x
x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x
_x_x_x_x_x_x_x_x
and so on.
Cheers!
(PS: Seems like I found a bug in discourse: try adding the _s at the end of the lines where they are missing and you’ll see that it gets formatted as italic. Even when you click on “preformatted text” :o

violoncelloCH · February 13, 2019, 6:58am

@Lexi I’m not sure about that. It’s intended to be not regular. (I’ve thought about that too…) But I think it’s nicer too look at it if it’s not completely regular. I think it’s less distracting this way…

pete284 · February 16, 2019, 2:27pm

Love that background, installed. Thanks for creating it.

violoncelloCH · February 18, 2019, 9:12pm

PullRequest with the background is in deltachat/interfaces#17

dbrown428 · February 21, 2019, 2:41pm

You’ve done a lovely job designing this background pattern, it’s much quieter than the previous one, but is it possible to not have a background at all?

I come from chat apps that don’t have background images, and so my first thought when I installed DeltaChat was “how do I get rid of this background”

adbenitez · February 21, 2019, 3:02pm

there must to be a background, are you talking about setting a plain colour??

luisfsr · March 22, 2019, 12:41am

Wow! Nice job! Changing my background right now!

Massick · April 1, 2019, 1:22pm

or maybe the classic chessboard