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Mix Gets a Makeover

Started by manalang · 9 months ago

If you use Mix, you probably noticed something new today. Lost weight? Tan? Haircut?
Yes to all of the above, applied to a web app. Mix got a branding makeover last night, among other things, to reflect more closely its siblings in the *.oracle.com family.
You may have noticed le ... Continue reading »

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Drew
10 months ago

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.

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Jake
10 months ago

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.

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Jesse Hu
10 months ago

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

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Jake
10 months ago

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?

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Jim
10 months ago

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.

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Jake
10 months ago

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.

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