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 > >
