And that's what I'm having a hard time with. If the button can be in random places for different displays AND an end user can use multiple displays, then they have to go searching for the close button.
Our close button matches Dashboard, Launchpad, and a few other instances within OS X of a close button. I don't need a poll to know that style authors want to style everything, but we also need to consider usability here. So I'm trying to have a rather frank discussion with you about how to handle this, since you brought it up. If you want to participate in that discussion, I need you to think about the problem here and help us come up with a solution to it. Here is an example of the problem: (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) Now the user has to go to two separate locations to close two notifications, in a diagonal fashion. Then say the get something like this: (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) (x) [NOTIFICIATION] [NOTIFICATION] (X) That just doesn't seem good to me. Thoughts? -- Chris Forsythe On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:58 AM, tenderhooks wrote: > I'm not entirely sure what you mean, I am referring to the colour of > the button, I'e noticed that it can be red at times. Not a programmer/ > designer I was not aware the button could be altered, except for it's > position. I am calling for the button's position to be freely > manageable as well as it's size and style as the default can look > clumsy compared to a good designers efforts. > > Maybe you should have a poll, email the designers who've made popular > styles and ask them, they're the ones who keep your program relevant. > > > On Nov 10, 3:37 am, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected] > (http://growl.info)> wrote: > > If a user has 2 styles they use. One is using a pink close button at the > > top right, and the other is the bottom left and and purple, how does that > > affect usability? > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:00 AM, tenderhooks <[email protected] > > (http://gmail.com)> wrote: > > > No, no, I mean, allow it be customised as your presently do with the > > > entire box. As it stands the whole box can be modified, but this style > > > is applicable to itself only, I just mean allow the "x" close button > > > to be customisable and ring-fensed to that style, which wouldn't > > > affect any of the others, like the different styles now happily co- > > > exist together. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > On Nov 5, 10:59 am, Chris Forsythe <[email protected] (http://growl.info)> > > > wrote: > > > > Because then if the end user is using a different display for another > > > > > > application, the close buttons do not match. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Forsythe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 5:39 AM, tenderhooks wrote: > > > > > I can't believe it, the concept is a beautiful one and visually much > > > > > more appealing than your present one, this is a Mac application we're > > > > > talking about. Why not allow for this small part to be customised as > > > > > you do the rest of the object, it doesn't make much sense?! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 4, 5:47 pm, Christopher Forsythe <[email protected] > > > > > (http://growl.info) ( > > > http://growl.info)> wrote: > > > > > > We don't agree with the idea of making this themable due to > > > > > > usability > > > > > > concerns. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:37 PM, joelw135 <[email protected] > > > > > > (http://waxman.org) ( > > > http://waxman.org)> wrote: > > > > > > > Where is the download link? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 4, 1:30 pm, tenderhooks <[email protected] > > > > > > > (http://gmail.com) ( > > > http://gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > > > > > I found an excellent skin for GROWL by Daryl Ginn, it's eloquent > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > has a snazzy horizontal flip transition, but he wasn't able to > > > > > > > > do > > > > > > > > anything about the "x" (close) button. 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