On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:35:16 +0200 "Alex-P. Natsios" <apnats...@gmail.com> said:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:03:52 +0200 "Alex-P. Natsios" <apnats...@gmail.com> > > said: > > > > massively worse than whats there. in the same way its also blurry and > > unreadable too (using that term the same way). in addition, a serif font > > where everything else is sans-serif in the theme? that's like walking > > around in a pink suit with green shoes and expecting to be taken seriously > > in a business meeting. :) > > The font was actually used as a showcase test and can more than easily change. > > > the clock is mimicing a blue version of a "tube clock": > > > > http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/nixie-tube-clock-1.jpg > > http://gadgets.boingboing.net/filesroot/nixie-tube-clock.jpg > > http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q146/atbglenn/Nixie%20Clock/MyNixieTubeClock.jpg > > > > as such it's a pretty good reproducion of such a thing as it was done by > > hand, and its perfectly readable. people claiming it's not readable are the > > kind of people who use that word to simply say "i dont like it" - it has > > nothing to do with readability. you can read is just fine without any > > problems. > > Tube clocks are awesome and i love the fact that it mimics it so good > as certainly many others do but between sheer beauty and ease of > use/productivity i do bet people tend to like making a compromise in > favor of the productivity side. this one is a comprmise already. i lightned the dark shapes a lot beyodn what they should have been (as they literally block light) etc. i fail to see whats unreadable about it. a shelf at 20 pixels size is still readable even at high dpi (140dpi on my lap). -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
