I didn't mail to be push anyone... I wanted to give my ideas for the usability-aspect. I know you guys are busy and I'm the last one to push anyone to do anything in a specific timeframe. But now I have the answer clear: a tile. Thanks. I'll wait to see what it becomes. I wanted to give some usability-guidelines from before though.
Karel. 2007/2/28, "Gustavo A. Díaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Like all devs. said to users: Could you just please wait Karel? Thanks > :) Lee and I will work on it. > Nothing done with the back.png yet... no changes made since New Default > on that pixmap... thats why. And i plan to use a tiled image.. is why > I've asked once to Phil to support that. > > Cheers. > > Karel Demeyer escribió: > > Hi, > > > > First: I'm not active at all now because I'm going through a training > > period at our national television channel's news redaction. > > Now what I'm mailing for: Gus, what aer your plans for the CL > > background ? Right now the image is less a "background" then it > > should be. It makes the text layered on it less readible and it's too > > recognisable. I personlayy would prefer something different then an > > "object". It should be some tiles or a gradient or something, as it > > shouldn't distract the user too much. It is not becuase we are able > > to load real images on the background that we *should* do this :). > > Also, if it's a gradient or a repeating tile, it shouldn't be very > > "visible" ... I mean low contrast and bright enough.. the user > > shouldn't even recognise it as a gradient .. .it could be something to > > generate a feeling of mor depth. > > Overall, I think we should use the possibility of a bg-image to make > > aMSN more usable, not less. Maybe it's better to have just one color > > in the background ... It will depend. or a background could be used > > to draw "columns" where the contacts are in etc.. You see what I mean > > ? > > > > friendly greetings, > > > > Karel. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Amsn-devel mailing list > > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Amsn-devel mailing list > Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Amsn-devel mailing list Amsn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amsn-devel
