On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:19:57 -0500, Jeffrey Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To be honest, I understand the concepts of better contrast etc, but the > proposed interface is very blockish and not nearly as nice looking as the > fades and the use of Orange in the current. I do understand that it is a > quick mockup, and that I myself have had no suggestions (nor do I claim to > know about usability), but I really like the current look quite a bit more > than the proposed. I dislike the white fields in the proposed, and the > large number of colours; there is much to like in the current: the circular > keys, the rounded edges everywhere, the slight boarders to the various > frames and fields, all make for a nicer looking interface (IMHO). At the > resolution the phone provides, I don't think that the phone should look > like it has a lot less by removing these stylistic details. > > Again, I am just one person with the desire to help influence this great > project, and the overall goal is to make a great phone. I appreciate the > work of all in this endever, as I really am only a "buystander." The > usability team will really know best, and I am hoping it is all themeable > anyway. Dani, you've put more thought into this than I, and you seem to > know. I just like the current so much, orange and grey looks great. > Hi Jeffrey, all valid points, but I personally can't stand the orange and grey theme. the basic design is fine (curved buttons, etc), but the colors should be _easily_ skinnable without having to entirely rewrite a theme. Ideally, just set somewhere in a preferences file, like ~/.openmoko This should not reflect a philosophy of "all of these things are orange and so they are all equivalent", but rather a functional characterization of the UI element and association with base color. For gradients where a color shift is used for shadow/highlight, ideally this would be calculated from base color, although allowing the specification of multiple colors to form the gradient is an acceptable (if slightly more cumbersome) alternative.
I know Thomas was doing work on converting away from a pixmap-based theme, so this flexibility should be possible, the gradients just weren't quite as pretty using GD. Of course, if run-time customization is not possible, then a multitude of nearly identical skins will spring up - workable, but less than ideal. Regards, joshua _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
