Thank's guys for comments. And thank's Torsten for this initiative. I will
merge your changes soon.

2017-09-14 7:09 GMT+02:00 Max Leske <[email protected]>:

> Right
>
>
> On 13 September 2017 at 18:08:26, Torsten Bergmann ([email protected]) wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> as you know Denis Kudriashov does a fantastic job in implementing the new
> Calypso system browser.
> The plan is that at some point in time will be a replacement for Nautilus
> in the standard image.
> Even if not yet integrated one can already use it (either by loading from
> catalog or github [1])
>
> For me the more I use it (and get used to it) the more I like Calypso and
> I guess others enjoy it too already.
>
> But unfortunately there is a single but very prominently visible UI thing
> that I dislike on the current look:
>
> For the "Pharo3Theme" (light theme) the current implementation of Calypso
> has a white toolbar in the
> middle and a white status bar at the bottom. Technically Dennis sets the
> colors of these morphs to
> transparent to have this effect (see LEFT example of the attached
> screenshot)
>
>
> To me this lookes strange and unusual because
> - usually (on Windows, GTK, Java Swing, Linux window managers) such areas
> like a status bar follow the window color
> and are displayed in gray when that is the default window theme color (see
> [2], [3], [4])
> - these white bars would better fit for the "Glamorous Whitespace" theme
> (as this theme is already more white areas)
>
> Also the current white bars do not make a pleasant contrast to the other
> panes of Calypso:
> - there is not really a visual distinction to the
> package/class/protocol-tag/method panes and filters for the middle part
> (toolbar)
> - there is not really a visual distinction from the code pane for the
> bottom part (statusbar)
> - the divider line in the code pane just stops in a white area without
> borders
>
> To me this looks rather ugly and I would like Pharo to look more
> professional and clean ;)
>
> So I proposed a simple PR [5] today to change this and technically using
> the window color of the theme - the result can be
> seen on the right side of the attached screenshot and discussed with Denis
> on Discord.
>
> Denis on the other hand still likes the white approach on the left more
> while I prefer the right one.
>
> He wrote that he wants other people comment on this issue first to which I
> agree and therefore I write this mail
> to discuss it here on the dev-list and find out about what the majority in
> the community prefers.
>
> So it would be good if others could
> - comment about their personal preference
> - or just vote with "LEFT" (white/transparent) or "RIGHT" (window color)
> in reply to this mail
> - or make another proposal (which is only accepted with screenshot and PR
> ;)
>
> Also please do not mix other UI discussions into this thread. Thanks in
> advance!
>
> Bye
> T.
>
> [1] https://github.com/dionisiydk/Calypso
> [2] http://cdn.osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/show-
> status-bar-and-disk-space-lion.jpg
> [3] http://i.stack.imgur.com/pgt5n.png
> [4] http://python.zirael.org/gtk-statusbar1-1.png
> [5] https://github.com/dionisiydk/Calypso/pull/91
>
>

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