On 15 Jan 2010, at 08:02 PM, Joshua Landau <[email protected]
> wrote:
The title sums it up; this is me being extremely picky on the
smallest of points. Why? That's how UI works in my view.
First of all, the default of a black colour scheme is... odd. Not
only is is odd, but I find it inconvenient. It is so much less
neutral than Grey (Mac, E17), much less calm than Blue (Windows,
lxde, xde, kde) and not as natural/human-y as GNOME 2.x
In fact, I can't think of a single good connotation except for
minimalism. And even that doesn't work, as black is a lot more
prominent than white almost all of the time on today's desktops. I
just don't like having a desktop that looks like it hates you for
some inexplicably deep reason.
My point: We should start with a much nicer default look, and have
several skins available in the touch of a button. This isn't
customising, but theme-ing the same way wallpaper-changing is. And,
like wallpaper changing you'll use someone else's themes instead of
making your own. This may be a small deal to you, but it works for me.
Second; the overview is pretty much a static image. If you hover
over something it should react. Yes, it doesn't do anything, but
there is one simple reason why. It makes that person feel in
control. If people can make stuff happen, they have power. That
equates to happiness. I got that tip from a post by some guy in the
Experimental Gameplay Project and I think it works.
A few font-colour changes and some highlighting and increasing
window sizes by 1% on hover and all those things. They don't have to
fade or anything - it isn't about eyecandy. Just some simple
changes. And theme-able ones.
Last but not least.... or I'll tell you when I remember xD.
I hope this made sense and all.
______________________________
Not only does it make sense, but I couldn't agree more. Black is
scary. That's why terminals are black. And keyboards.
Sam
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