I liked this move, since I found Gmail's standart colors very light for me to focus on some areas. One of the never themes fit quite well to my preferences, so I think that will be my classic setting from now on. But I also think that some of the themes have very light contrast scheme, which I find (again) a little hard to differentiate between some areas.... However I suppose contrast levels differ depending on screen settings, to an extent.
Lastly, I always find optional image-based background schemes such a vain efffort since these kind of preferences are subtle to change even with your own mood. So if you are an 'excitement' seeker type of user it wont satisfy you anyway. If Google aims to provide some enjoyment, they would make it customizable by letting people to add their own pictures at the background, (may be with some transparency added for visibility) and have a fully personalized image background. Just think of how many people would prefer to use default desktop images that Microsoft provided on their desktop, and feel that they 'personalized' their computer... Providing customizable images may put some demand on system performance, but in my opinion this is the way it should be. cheers.. -- Pelin ATASOY PhD Student, Research Assistant Middle East Technical University Faculty of Architecture Department of Industrial Design www.id.metu.edu.tr METU-BILTIR-UTEST Product Usability Unit www.utest.metu.edu.tr tel: +90 312 210 4220 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
