Oracle AppsLab - Latest Comments in Mix Gets a Makeover

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

Marius Ciortea — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:16:39 -0000

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

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

jkuramot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:57:14 -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.

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

Jim — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:17:05 -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.

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

jkuramot — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:41:18 -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.

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

Drew — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:27:48 -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.

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

jkuramot — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:21:24 -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?

Re: Mix Gets a Makeover

Jesse Hu — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:12:09 -0000

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