Thanks Denis for your positive mindset and constant willingness to improve.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Alistair Grant <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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