On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:42:44 +0100 thomasg <[email protected]> said:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:35:01 +0800 P Purkayastha <[email protected]> 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 > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > 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) [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > [email protected] > > 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. and finally someone suggesting a possible solution. though i did think of this and resisted due to it being "not right". but it does bring a bonus... i can make the numbers flicker on... like pager... -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
