Wront link to Williams proposal, here is the right one. http://billrey.blogspot.com/2011/10/cleaning-up-blender-ui.html
Am 24.10.2011 11:53, schrieb Thomas Dinges: > I really can't understand most of the arguments here. > I think that the way Brecht is trying to simplify the UI is very good, > and makes visual scalability much better. > > William Reynish recently did a proposal as well, based on Brechts UI > changes: > http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-committers/2011-October/034017.html So > he agrees with the changes as well. > > But let's get over them in a bit more detail: > > * Remove emboss on areas and regions > Great improvement, it stills very clear what a region is, we dont need that > emboss there imho. > > * Remove button emboss > Same as above. > > * More subtle colors and gradients on buttons > Although I like the new ones, I agree we could make it a bit more like > current trunk, so they are not too flat. > > * Black arrows on menu button > Scanning though a header (3D View) is much easier now, as the eye does not > get distracted by the arrows (and maybe even misinterprets them as icons) > > * Panel header changed look& smaller > This fits better to a panel design imho, than the odd line above each panel > as before. > > * Screen splitting widgets look > They look so much better and simple, no offence but the current ones just > look ugly. > > * Toolbar/properties expand button look > Perfect > > Long story short: I agree with all changes, > but I think some colors/gradients can be made more clear for people using > Stonehenge monitors. ;-) > (No offence here too, but I have no issues with the new UI in terms of > visibility on my cheap 150€ screen ;-) ) > > Regards, > Thomas > > > Am 24.10.2011 11:13, schrieb Carsten Wartmann: >> Am 24.10.2011 01:21, schrieb Brecht Van Lommel: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Here's a patch with a subset of the UI changes in the cycles branch >>> that I'd like to merge into trunk. Are there any objections to this? >>> I don't think they would need any documentation updates, it's just >>> small things that wouldn't confuse anyone in screenshot: >>> * Remove emboss on areas and regions >> > * Remove button emboss >> >> Hm. I am not sure here. Somehow the emboss gives a optical hint that >> there is something new starting. >> >>> * More subtle colors and gradients on buttons >>> * Black arrows on menu button >> I think the arrows are much to dark. It was and is always hard to print >> a Blender screen but this way I think it will be nearly impossible to >> see the arrows anymore. Also there is not much visual hint how that this >> is a menu-button and not a normal one. >> >>> * Panel header changed look& smaller >> Thats nice. I think together with the removal of emboss it looks nice, >> but see first point. >> >>> * Screen splitting widgets look >> Too dark too. >> >>> * Toolbar/properties expand button look >> Yea, the original ones are a bit big. >> >> Carsten > -- Thomas Dinges Blender Developer, Artist and Musician www.dingto.org _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
