Comments on: Mix Gets a Makeover

By: Marius Ciortea

Marius Ciortea — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:16:39 +0000

@Jim: Thanks for the good feedback. Jake is right this is not set in stone.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:57:14 +0000

I think it's a work in progress too, meaning they will continue to tweak it over time, adding more of what the old Mix had. So, ideally, it's not set in stone, and some of the elements you liked will return.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:17:05 +0000

I can see that the site had to go with the std. Oracle look and feel, but I really liked the old Mix, which had a very contemporary look with the bold reds and nice gradient fills. I know it's the same content, but it definintely looks less visually appealing than it used to, in my opinion.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:41:18 +0000

Don't worry, UI isn't my business Don't give up hope just yet, we'll keep on trucking; people are listening.

Thanks for dropping a dime, I appreciate the honest feedback.

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:27:48 +0000

I don't want to tell you guys your business, but frankly Oracle's standard appearance is pretty uninspired. Mix may in fact be an innovative idea catcher but it's look now shouts “enterprise software” which in my experience is synonymous with unusable and slow. Great work marketing. There goes my hopes that Oracle might learn a thing or two from the AppsLab experiment.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:21:24 +0000

The Oracle red isn't gone. We were using a darker red and more of it. So, that's gone in favor of the new, more Oracle-compliant UI. The new red is the official Oracle red, and there's more white, silver and gray.

What do you think?

By: Jesse Hu

Jesse Hu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:12:09 +0000

Ah, Oracle red is gone. I have to accommodate my eyes to the whiteboard page background