On 19/03/10 12:03, Conscious User wrote: > Mark, I've accidentally sent a direct message to you instead of the > Ayatana list, and thus the same happened with your reply, sorry. > > >> I wasn't clear, sorry. >> >> I think "outline" should mean "the capability is here but it is not >> being used". So, for example, an outline of the wifi signal says "You >> have a wifi card but are not connected to any network". Or an outline of >> the messaging menu icon suggests "you would find messages here, but >> nothing is running that would give them to you". Or an outline of the >> sound indicator to say "You could set sound preferences here, but you >> don't have a sound card configured". >> >> So outline-to-full transitions suggest "OK, we're up and running now". >> You connected, or you have a messaging app running. >> >> This is the articulation I'm expecting from Otto and MPT shortly. >> > But then... what does "dimmed" stands for? >
Dimmed is an interesting option. We have been testing the idea of using dimmed-to-full to indicate "you've got messages", but it looks like messages are important enough that we should go further and use a colour. Since it's positive, rather than an alarm or warning, green would be appropriate if we have to. I would prefer mono dimmed-to-full because it's pared back. We have too much garish use of colour already, I would prefer to limit the use of colours only to things which really demand action. Mark
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