On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:42 AM, thomasg <tho...@gstaedtner.net> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > wrote: >> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:35:01 +0800 P Purkayastha <ppu...@gmail.com> said: >> >>> On 11/19/2012 04:59 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: >>> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:42:32 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <r...@1407.org> >>> > said: >>> > >>> >> You may be very right from an engineering point of view, but from an >>> >> usability point of view you're quite wrong as the end result is quite >>> >> dark and hard to read: >>> >> >>> >> http://files.1407.org/shot-dark-clock-on-dark-bg.png >>> > >>> > i'm reading it incredibly easily. in fact not even reading - just glancing >>> > at it and i can read the time just fine. >>> >>> You got good eyes, siree. It is quite hard to read (especially because >>> of the underlying criss-cross grey pattern), unless you have a very dark >>> background. >> >> there is a very dark bg - the shelf... and i have the default wallpaper too. >> >> -- >> ------------- 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 > > I do love Nixie Tubes and I still encounter them from time to time, > but they _are_ hard to read in general and so is the > Dark-Implementation. > Usually I can read it fine, but I can also see how the dark grey net > over the digits can make it very hard to read if the clock is a little > smaller and the lighting a little worse. > > So I have a proposal: how about just having the lit-up digits always > on top and no "wiring" above it? > Yes, this is no correct analog Nixie Tube anymore, but we don't need > their disadvantages and can still keep the style. > If the wiring is still in the background, everyone gets the idea, it > looks just as good, and there is no more readability issue.
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