Recent interviews and research exposed pain points around Drupal's admin experience of looking and feeling dated, especially compared to our competitors, and universally cited that choosing a more modern-looking admin theme instantly led to Drupal being better-perceived by said users.
There was an amazing community effort to Create a Style Guide For Seven that vastly improved its look + feel compared to the original, but Design best practices and Drupal functionality have moved on since then.
Proposed resolution
Implement new card styles to create a favorable first impression of Drupal for evaluators and a better user experience for site authors. No functional differences.
Problem/Motivation
Recent interviews and research exposed pain points around Drupal's admin experience of looking and feeling dated, especially compared to our competitors, and universally cited that choosing a more modern-looking admin theme instantly led to Drupal being better-perceived by said users. There was an amazing community effort to Create a Style Guide For Seven that vastly improved its look + feel compared to the original, but Design best practices and Drupal functionality have moved on since then.
Proposed resolution
Implement new card styles to create a favorable first impression of Drupal for evaluators and a better user experience for site authors. No functional differences.
Specs: https://www.figma.com/file/OqWgzAluHtsOd5uwm1lubFeH/Design-system?node-id=1580%3A477
General specs:
Color palette
Remaining tasks
User interface changes
All card styles will be changed, no functional differences.
Test Pages
/admin/appearance