On 13/01/2011 11:29, Tudor Girba wrote:
I tried to start from zero and add a new variable (e.g., color) only when I could not distinguish something. There are still things that are superfluous (e.g., the border around all tabs, or the bulky shape of an expander), but I did not have enough time and Morphic expertise to do better.Now, orange vs blue is actually not just a matter of taste because your orange is not the same as my blue. There are two reasons: (1) it is stronger, and (2) it appears in more places (e.g., at the bottom of the scrollbar). This means that it will compete for my attention with more force. This might be your intention, but it is not mine because it takes away from my main focus which is the content.
I admit that I do like the blue for selections.However, I find that the blue gradient on the buttons is difficult to see clearly.
I suspect this is because the chosen blue has high contrast against the white background of the list but *extremely* poor contrast with the grey button/frame background. If you look at the browser in greyscale, the difference stands out starkly (see the attached image).
I also find all of the buttons without white borders seem to blend into the background so much as to become difficult to distinguish.
Otherwise, I do like it :)
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