Le 24 févr. 08 à 18:04, David Chisnall a écrit : > On 24 Feb 2008, at 17:01, Quentin Mathé wrote: > >>> Do you just need a background gradient and two arrows? >> >> I think two arrows in collapsed and expanded states would be ok. >> There >> is a already an arrow image in collapsed state in Arrows >> subdirectory, >> it is used by NSBrowser so perhaps it should be reused. I don't think >> I currently need a background gradient. It would only be useful for >> the title bars of disclosable views, unless you have have another use >> in mind for it… > > I'm not completely impressed by the arrow as a visual metaphor.
I agree, although I can tolerate them. My main objection to arrows is that they tend to be abused in modern UI themes like Aqua (menu, popup menu, combobox, drop down menu, outline view, browser, disclosure button, scroller, back/forward buttons etc.). > Windows uses a + and a - in a box which are similarly uninformative. I think + and - in outline view are far worse than arrows because you cannot tell clearly whether they represent a state or an action. Each time I use Windows, I cannot remember if the + sign means the row is expanded or rather 'click me' to expand the row. > I wonder if we could come up with something better, perhaps a rolled > up and unrolled scroll? The open and closed books on the a few online > scroll views are quire nice too. Could be a good idea. We probably need to test it. Although I'm not sure such visual indicators would work well with browser views and disclosable views too. Arrows have the benefit to work well with a browser view. Cheers, Quentin. _______________________________________________ Etoile-dev mailing list Etoile-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev
