id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
23415	Reducing visual noise within the admin	melchoyce		"This closely relates to #23333 (New icons).

There's a lot of visual clutter and noise in the admin (gradients, shadows, etc.) and not a whole lot of breathing room. We're moving towards new, vector icons, but they currently don't fit stylistically within the admin. 

I've taken an initial stab at playing with a flatter, less cluttered dashboard screen: http://f.cl.ly/items/3Q0e0y1E1X231K1s3i0M/wp-flatter.png (Ignore the font — I was playing around with Open Sans, but I think it makes sense to stick with just ""sans-serif"" as our generic font stack.)

You can see a comparison of the current navbar with icons vs. new icons and a flatter, more spacious navbar:

[[Image(http://f.cl.ly/items/2A3z2X1W3i3L0p2w0635/menus-compared.jpg)]]

How do people feel about the direction we're moving in?

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