Dave Whitley
@drw158 on WordPress.org, @davewhitley on Slack
- Member Since: January 27th, 2010
- Location: Nashville, TN
- Website: davewhitley.com
- Job Title: Design Engineer
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Dave Whitley’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Design Contributor
- Design Team
- Plugin Developer
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Wrote a comment on the post Improvements to the Figma Libraries, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Love the idea of Views. Nice work!7 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Update: I've drafted design documentation for spacing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W30VVyx1S3tIvqOZqLblBCWe5kxrq9jqDfB70NRigf0/edit?usp=sharing1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a new color palette for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
> How would this affect the other color schemes that a user can choose? The…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Proposal: a new color palette for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Just like my previous posts on type scale and spacing, a standardized approach to color…1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #48709, in Core Trac:
Disabled button doesn't look disabled1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Blocks, Patterns, and Layouts, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Here's a naming convention from the Vue design system: In our case: - Element =…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Blocks, Patterns, and Layouts, on the site Make WordPress Design:
The way I interpret it: block groups are an arbitrary container. Like the post explains,…1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #48644, in Core Trac:
Establish guidelines for button order1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #48641, in Core Trac:
Discussion: links that look like buttons (and vice versa)1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #48501, in Core Trac:
Enhancement: improve tertiary button styles1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I opened a PR in the Gutenberg GitHub repo to see what would change if…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Opened a PR in Gutenberg to try out the type scale. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/182441 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Yes, if everything is set up to use variables, and if you're using rems or…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
For people who are interested, a baseline grid is a common practice in traditional graphic…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Proposal: a consistent spacing system for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Much like a type scale, a spacing system enforces consistency and simplifies decision making for…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 30th October, on the site Make WordPress Design:
New button styles were introduced in 5.3; a much needed improvement and a great effort…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
There are many concerns in these comment about the default button style and its confusion…1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #48452, in Core Trac:
Proposal: improve distinction between buttons and other controls1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Good point on the different fonts used on different operating systems. I think this is…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
in the current admin there’s lot of exceptions: fonts within tables are bigger, input fields…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This post was shared at the weekly Design meeting on Oct 23rd. I shared some…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 23rd October, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'd like to share an update on the new proposed type scale. I'm going to…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 23rd October, on the site Make WordPress Design:
There has been a lot of feedback around the input and button styles, specifically the…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Proposal: a consistent type scale for WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Design:
A type scale can enhance the design and usability of an interface. This post aims…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I think it's a good choice to have a transparent background on the secondary buttons,…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: Higher contrast form fields and buttons, on the site Make WordPress Design:
This is a great update! Here's an attempt to differentiate the secondary buttons from other…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Project: Reviewing WordPress Components, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Yep, this post is specifically about the UI components in the `@wordpress/components` npm package.1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Project: Reviewing WordPress Components, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Along with a new editing experience, the Gutenberg project has created a growing library of…1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting notes for August 7, 2019, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Thanks Anyssa, we'd love the help!1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 7th August, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'd like to discuss ownership and maintenance of the Figma libraries!1 year ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 24th July, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I have an update on the component audit work.2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Design meeting agenda for Wednesday 10th July, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I'd like to add a discussion item. I’d like to share/talk about a component audit…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How do we organise Figma libraries?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
Should the library be split into three smaller libraries? Do the three libraries suggested here…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How do we organise Figma libraries?, on the site Make WordPress Design:
I've never used Zeplin, but they do have an integration with Figma, ICYMI.2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Converts markdown to html, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the reply. My dummy content looks like HTML because the service I use…2 years ago
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Created a topic, Converts markdown to html, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For some reason, after pasting this dummy markdown con…2 years ago
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Posted a reply to Not compatible with Mix and Match plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for the fast reply! I discovered that it was actually the Dynamic Pricing…3 years ago
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Created a topic, Not compatible with Mix and Match plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately, this plugin seems to be incompatible wi…3 years ago
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Posted a reply to Making thumbnails bigger, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the reply. I don't mind breaking the next update for me, this is…3 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post WordPress iPhone App Mockup. New But Familiar, on the site Make WordPress Mobile:
By the way, thanks @titanas for the contribution. I love to see what other designers…6 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #1760, in Plugins Trac:
Instant email subscription confirmation8 years ago
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Created a new ticket, #1759, in Plugins Trac:
Subscription emails are heavily branded and not customizable8 years ago
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