I apologize for not paying more attention to this thread. Visual feedback in the browser is very much appreciated, and you seem to be doing a very nice job! Had I been paying attention, I'd have said things like the following:
(1) Red is probably not the best choice to have lurking on the screen. Maroon/purple/clay rose or just about any "muted" or muddy red IMHO is a much better choice for most things. It might help to add a small amount of blue to the greens too for the same reason. I recommend trying for the psychological benefit with as little eye strain potential as possible. (2) For collections, consider something like a circle drawn a few times from right to left to give an overlapping effect, maybe ... thrown in there if there is room. (3) For exceptions, I like the icon, but two concerns: it might be a little faint/bland; it might work better if its implied movement were upward. Dolphin 5 uses an explosion icon in some situations. That might work well for exceptions and errors. (4) Do we have any color blind people among us? IIRC, something around 12-14% of the population is affected to some degree, so we will encounter it. The test icons will be lost on some of the more extreme red/green sufferers. An alternative would be a boxed check, X or ?. The box (or other border shape) being the suggestion of the test, and the symbol indicating the state. It is fine to add color too, but we should give the red/green crowd a way to see what is going on. Not meaning to jab anyone in the eye, the Installer script is just the kind of thing I'd hope to be able to exchange in situations like this. I do not care so much that it is Installer that we use, but _something_ that can cope with the various publication methods and cope with the details is much needed. Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (352) 273-6785 FAX: (352) 392-7029 _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
