[openstreetmap-website] Zoom Control (#65)

[Tom Davie]

> The main page uses greys, at #ccc, for edges, just like the zoom control.
Indeed, but it does not use significant blocks of dark grey

> It's a 1px drop shadow, and the web site doesn't use drop shadows because it was designed in 2006 and never updated.  It does use one drop shadow - in the search box.
Uhhh, actually the site was updated to use the large green rectangles very recently (within the last 6 months).

> For the zoom control, you'll need to hack both the js and css side quite significantly, as I did for the new zoom control; the new one is more or less a reimplementation rather than a skin. Then, post it as a pull request and get the community's input (I assure you, it will not be entirely positive, and will include nitpickers just like, um, this). And then, great success! Followed by more nitpickers.
Fair enough, I'll have a go once I get home.

> The thing about design is that it's gradual: the design elements I'm putting in match the site to some degree and the design direction to a higher degree.
That's fair enough, and pretty much the way the site has developed for a while... But it would be useful if all the developments were in the same direction.  The large green blocks along the top for example are a recent addition... The new zoom control would have looked significantly better with the old curvey tab buttons!

> That, and, given the high ratio of design critique to design implementation, it's a do-ers market out there.
Okay, we'll, I'll have a hack at fixing the css and js too to deal with this.

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