Re: A prize for better looking Qt style sheets?

2018-02-13 Thread Edward K. Ream 
On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Matt Wilkie  wrote:

> Stay on that soapbox.The imposition of ultra low contrast, gray on gray
>> text is simply poor design with very little regard for legibility.
>> It's not like we have an ink shortage.
>>
>
​Hehe.​


second nit
> ​...​
> pick
> ​...​
> is the exorbitant
> ​...​
> use of
> ​...​
> white-space!
>

Err. sorry, this was supposed about Leo. ;-)
>

​Well, it is about Leo, and what it should look like.

Edward

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Re: A prize for better looking Qt style sheets?

2018-02-12 Thread Matt Wilkie 

>
> Stay on that soapbox.The imposition of ultra low contrast, gray on gray 
> text is simply poor design with very little regard for legibility.
> It's not like we have an ink shortage.
>
 
Hear! Hear! Gray on gray bothered me *before* I started needing glasses for 
computer work. Now it's worse.


second nit 


pick


is the exorbitant



use of



white-space!


Especially for table data. On my bank's website I use to be able to see and 
mentally analyze ~30 rows at a time, now it's about 10 and involves 
repeated scrolling up/down to correlate transactions. Oh but each row is 
gloriously free and has lots of breathing room! 
Err. sorry, this was supposed about Leo. ;-)

matt

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Re: A prize for better looking Qt style sheets?

2018-02-09 Thread lewis 
Stay on that soapbox.The imposition of ultra low contrast, gray on gray 
text is simply poor design with very little regard for legibility.
It's not like we have an ink shortage.

Lewis

On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 8:12:05 AM UTC+11, Terry Brown wrote:
>
>
> ... thinking that everyone's seeing 
> what they're seeing.  [Steps down from soapbox, gingerly, to avoid a 
> fall]  :-) 
>
> Cheers -Terry 
>

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Re: A prize for better looking Qt style sheets?

2018-02-09 Thread Edward K. Ream 
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Terry Brown  wrote:

We might need to specify what style we're looking for.  Something more
> like MS Office / Google Docs.?  Sublime Text 2 maybe?  The GitHub
> Desktop interface?
>

​Good point.  I would like to leave that to potential entrants.​


>
> Also, styles change but not always for the best - I'm noticing a lot of
> gray on gray stuff on web pages these days that I find very annoying.
>

​Yes, geriatric eyes want something else.

A good starting point, imo, would be the various atom editor dark themes
.

Edward

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Re: A prize for better looking Qt style sheets?

2018-02-09 Thread Terry Brown 
On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 13:02:06 -0800 (PST)
"Edward K. Ream"  wrote:

> Leo's look is very important, both as a lure to newbies and as a
> source of joy (or otherwise) to experienced users. 
> 
> Terry suggests Leo's stodgy look could be improved with better Qt
> style sheets.  Surely we can do better, but I, with my geriatric
> eyes, am not the one to do it.
> 
> Would substantial prizes would encourage development?  I am thinking
> of $250 each for the best looking Linux and Windows style sheets.
> 
> Any comments?  Any potential contestants?

We might need to specify what style we're looking for.  Something more
like MS Office / Google Docs.?  Sublime Text 2 maybe?  The GitHub
Desktop interface?

Also, styles change but not always for the best - I'm noticing a lot of
gray on gray stuff on web pages these days that I find very annoying.
Young designers on high spec. monitors thinking that everyone's seeing
what they're seeing.  [Steps down from soapbox, gingerly, to avoid a
fall]  :-)

Cheers -Terry

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