On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Mark Curtis <merkin...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Upon experimenting with Unity I've noticed the backlight for running > applications. Is there a particular usability reason that the color of the > backlight is exactly like that of Windows 7 where it is the predominate > color? I'm not saying Windows (or OS X) should never be copied because of > some NIH syndrome, but that before it is copied, it should be seen why it > was done and if it adds to usability. > If the colors aren't any sort of usability factor, then why not make it so? > Maybe the background color could be based on the category the application > came from, this may help users find what category an application is in if > they used another computer. > Another idea is to make the background white and then it changes to > green/blue/red for the same reasons as the indicator applet to bring about > some consistency. >
You mean the colored background around the icon correct? If so I think that it reduces usability. There is too much color flying around the Launcher now. I would like if non-active apps had no color or border around them. The running ones should have the backlight. Basically copy Windows 7 taskbar's behavior. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp