https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45677
--- Comment #15 from Krinkle <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #14) > you apparently didn't consider my previous arguments rational I wasn't referring to your arguments specifically but to the previous comments in general. They aren't irrational, they just weren't talking about justifying or explaining why they should be flipped (as opposed to wanting them to be flipped or explaining they are currently incorrectly flipped). The comments you left that addressed whether we should flip them were quite useful, just like Amir's point is also well-taken and useful! > Amir probably makes the main point that if the layout of rest of the > interface expects the shadows to be a certain way > but in light of the lighting concern, I still would argue that not > flipping shadows doesn't make sense design-wise [..] (and if shadows are a > significant part of it chances are it will) then the shadows should be > flipped too. > > But for specific concerns about the light source, if there is a light source > prominent enough that the directionality would matter that much with regards > to it, chances are there's something wrong with the design in general. > Such overly skeuomorphic designs can be cute, but rarely do they work well I disagree, I think it's quite the opposite. If a layout has a shadow that looks bad when the layout is flipped the shadow is likely overkill. For example a shadow on an element that touches the edges of the window (such as the sidebar) would act wrong if the sidebar is on the right, but the shadow is going to the bottom right still. However the most common and proper use of shadows is where the target element itself is free of the window edges. For example: - Floating elements inside the content area - Text shadow - Modal dialogs In those cases the layout is not malformed or visibly broken (e.g. cut off) if the layout is flipped but not the shadows. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are watching all bug changes. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
