Hello, I hope we haven´t forgotten the Option-Libreoffice-Colors? It needs to be redesigned for handling different Palettes.
Hillar aka Medieval 2012/11/12 Mirek M. <[email protected]> > Hi Michel, > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Michel RENON <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As proposed during the last chat, here is a correct prototype : > > http://michel.renon.free.fr/**libreoffice/colorpicker_**20121112/< > http://michel.renon.free.fr/libreoffice/colorpicker_20121112/> > > > Looks great! > (One small nitpick: Would it be possible to have the color label turn white > when on a dark background?) > > > > > > > Start by clicking on the red rectangle in the fake toolbar. > > > > You can click everywhere, except when something gets dimmed : it means > > it's just an image without interaction). > > > > Here are the complete files (GPLv3 licence) : > > http://michel.renon.free.fr/**libreoffice/colorpicker_** > > 20121112/proto-color-picker_**r11.zip< > http://michel.renon.free.fr/libreoffice/colorpicker_20121112/proto-color-picker_r11.zip > > > > > > > > > > IMHO, the rect that shows the current color should not be at the bottom, > > because of height changes ; it doesn't respect consistency. > > > > The box is at the bottom because: > a) it serves as somewhat of a status bar, which has always been placed at > the bottom > b) if it's put at the top, it takes longer to access the clickable elements > in the pop-up (Fitts's law) > > It's ok that its position changes, because when switching to a different > category, the user should focus on the new contents that category brings, > not on the color preview, as the color preview doesn't change. Only after > he sets a new color does he need to see the preview. > > Also, the preview is not actionable, so the danger of error brought by > moving targets is not applicable here. > > If you have a better solution, though, feel free to make a mockup :). > > And why not simply write the name of color beside the rect ? > > > What would be the advantage? > Do you mean to put it in the sidebar, or to decrease the size of the color > preview and put the label next to it? > If it's the former, then the reason why not put the color in the sidebar is > simply so that there is more space for palettes in the sidebar. > If it's the latter, then that would mean decreasing the available space for > both the label and the color, which means that the previewed color wouldn't > stand out as much and that it would be harder to fit in longer labels. > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
