KG01 - see comments inline. On Feb 25, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Andre Fischer <awf....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am 21.02.2013 16:26, schrieb Regina Henschel: >> Hi, >> >> Xin Li schrieb: >> [..] >>> So I create a light-weight gray proposal based on the option we discussed >>> before.I use a light grey on the side bar and use a gradient for the >>> section title. >>> >>> And I also align the same light grey to slide thumbnail panel background in >>> Presentation. Because the content area on the center should have the >>> highest priority, the rest elements should have lower priorities, and items >>> with the same priority should be treated with the same way. >>> >>> I have added the latest design(option10) to AOO UX wiki page. Please see >>> the latest design by the link: >>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/AOO_UX_Design_Exploration_-_Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_User_Interface_Design_Proposals#Task_Pane_Content_Panel_-_UX_Design_propoals >>> >>> >>> Welcome to share your thoughts and ideas. Thanks. >>> >> >> Can you make a little change and draw the color gradient of the subtitles >> the other way round: light color at the top edge and darker color at the >> bottom edge? And put the pictures side by side to allow to compare them? > > I don“t think that would work. The current orientation of the gradient is > chosen so that the title bar blends into the panel so that the user can > recognize both to belong together. Inverting the gradient would work only > when we make the background of the panel dark. > KG01 - exactly, the goal is to differentiate the section titles from each other while reinforcing the association between section header and it's content. Who said design was easy :) other solutions could be explored if the gradient is not ideal. >> >> Background for the request: When ever I see such gradient in an UI, it >> assumes, that the light comes from left-top, so that the top and the left >> parts of the elements are lighter then the right and bottom parts. > > AOO is not a physics simulation. > > -Andre >