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>
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