On 14 September 2017 at 09:24, Denis Kudriashov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank's guys for comments. And thank's Torsten for this initiative. I will
> merge your changes soon.

RIGHT.

A bit late to the party, but I agree that the right version is much
easier to read.

Thanks,
Alistair


> 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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