On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:20:24 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:55:34 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:12:07 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said: > > > > > On 28/10/2012, at 01:09, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > > > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 14:05:08 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > > > <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said: > > > > > > <snippage, not sure I left the attributions above correct. It's 3AM, > need sleep.> > > > > > > > > > > >> side note: seems that the detourious theme for connman shelf > > > >> gadget fits very nice with your theme! Just the green light > > > >> (connected) could be your blue with the out-glow. > > > > > > > > see the xcf. connman stuff is already drawn :) it's everything > > > > else that needs doing gadget-wise. :) > > > > > > I saw that, just that the blue parts should be less used. It is so > > > high contrast that you must be careful with elements such as shelf. > > > Use it to indicate out-of-order behavior: low battery, disconnected > > > Internet, ... > > > > > > If you do everything in blue, like the connman signal strength, the > > > blue gets annoying and looses its property to call attention as one > > > will be forced to ignore it.... Or patch the theme > > > > if we want attention of a user.. we'll be animating and definitely > > getting their attention. blue is there as a contract color to be used > > asive from the greys, blacks and whites. > > Is it just me, or does dark with blue highlights look very Android? > > Personally I love mostly black with white text and some colour for the > highlights. Just thinking that some people might say you ripped off > Android. blue is there because it is the most popular color in general and after trying many colors, this one ended up with the most "ayes" in "informal testing". there's lots of data/studies that show blue to be popular and have positive connotations in general, so this tipped in in favor of blue. this also happens to be why things like android use it. why windows in general has had a lot of blue in its colors etc. - people just tend to like blue. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDOWS 8 is here. Millions of people. Your app in 30 days. Visit The Windows 8 Center at Sourceforge for all your go to resources. http://windows8center.sourceforge.net/ join-generation-app-and-make-money-coding-fast/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
