Martin Peach wrote: > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> Color really makes things stand out, especially in a black and white >> patch. So my question is, what would this color fade be communicating? A >> fade would stand out even more than a solid color, IMHO. What is that >> fade communicating and is it more important that other elements, like the >> object box, the inlets/outlets, the text in the boxes, etc. >> > > I guess just a quick way to tell which end is which. For instance the > originating end could be redder and the terminating end could be bluer (and > outlets would be red and inlets blue). Or colour saturation could decline > along the cord. It may be more useful if a mouseover made the colours > appear, otherwise everything stays black. > > Martin >
I don't know what made me think of this from reading your post, Martin, but it suddenly occurred to me that a good use for color would be red (or orange, or yellow... ) for "hot" inputs to objects. I'm not sure if it could be practically implemented without modifying the object's source, though. While for 99% of objects, it would be the left inlet, in the exceptional cases like [timer], the visual reminder would be particularly valuable. Phil Stone pkstonemusic.com > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
