On 10/16/2015 02:41 PM, Stephen Michel wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM, mray <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 16.10.2015 04:57, Stephen Michel wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, mray <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> After some discussions with wolftune it dawned on me that we >> probably have to stick to our discussion/ticket system. >> >> Stick to our discussion/ticket system as opposed to...? >> >> ... something that can be considered a finished product. >> >> I thought we might as well make it more usable then. Here is >> where we currently are: >> https://img.bi/#/tMpXHzF!jefIs_vKO6A8a2S4CFDwDg6TK4Qw9JNMzHkb99u5 >> Any feedback? >> >> The border around the inner shaded posts is not dark enough for me >> to clearly distinguish the border. Making all the inner borders >> the same darkness makes a world of difference, though it's a small >> change: >> https://img.bi/#/q1mhu9l!A8SXKRNJ6v3l9RTgHGn1KgyWq8kxDnUxc0OV1fO- >> ~Stephen >> >> It is ok not to be able to distinguish the border. The border has the >> sole purpose of highlighting the change of background color. And even >> that does not have to be something that needs to be distinguished >> clearly. The main goal is to make it easy to read the connection of >> posts in terms of partents and children so that you don't get >> confused. indentation is probably the biggest mechanism that cares >> about that, background and borders are just supposed to help. The >> really dark border at the very left is just to indicate that this is >> the topmost post and you're not missing any context. > > I think I may have been unclear. Here's your original image, with > borders and posts identified. > > https://img.bi/#/bZHUWcV!bS6MpE0KIso8MSg8f3vDKgXjvYNBVP4rF6i3RKD- > <https://img.bi/#/bZHUWcV!bS6MpE0KIso8MSg8f3vDKgXjvYNBVP4rF6i3RKD-> > That link was no good because it was coded with http://https:// in the link. The text worked though.
> Border 1 is very dark. > Border 2 is dark. > Border 3 and 4 are light. So light that it is difficult for me to pick > out the borders of post A and B. > This makes posts A and B run together for me. > > I propose changing borders 3 and 4 to be the same darkness as border 2 > (maybe it's just a rendering issue, but borders 3 and 4 are lighter in > the image. In my earlier image > <https://img.bi/#/q1mhu9l!A8SXKRNJ6v3l9RTgHGn1KgyWq8kxDnUxc0OV1fO->, I > changed the top and left borders of post A to be in the style of border > 2. That's all I'm proposing. > While I see Robert's point that the borders aren't necessarily important, I must say that I agree with Stephen in that his mockup that had all internal borders be equally thick simply looked better to me. I find the increased border clarity to simply make it easier to distinguish things and just looks better to me. So I 100% support Stephen's subtle proposal. -- Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> _______________________________________________ Design mailing list [email protected] https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design
