jmak wrote: > On Nov 8, 2007 7:28 PM, Radomir Dopieralski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:32:01AM -0500: >> >>> And anyway, text labels have secondary importance >>> from the navigational point of view and as such, they are visual >>> nuisances; you recognize the icons after their shape or color rather >>> than after the text label. >>> >> The Apple guys were there already. It was a disaster, google for the >> ten worst anoying usability problems with mac dock. >> >> The icons could be used as "main navigational clue" if only they werent >> all identical. But they are. All the disk icons all identical. All the >> documents icons (for documents of the same kind) are identical. The text >> label is really the *primary* clue, and the icon only communicates the >> document/object type/format, which is not nearly as important as its >> identity. >> >> > > What I said was that background labels are visual nuisances. I didn't > say to do away with the labels; but that is undeniable that the harsh > color of the backgrounds are ruining the overall look and feel of the > desktop. The internet full of complains about them. And let face with > it, the xfce way of implementing them is the crudest possible design > solution. They are visible all the time. Unlike the other desktop > solutions where they are visible only when you roll over the mouse on > the icon. At the very minimum we have to lower their opacity, maybe > 50%. > > If we are going to radiacally change how the background labels look and make them more transparent (so they blend in with the background image) PLEASE include a method for the user to easily put it back! One of the best things about the Xubuntu theme is that there is a blatently obvious text label for the icons on the desktop. This makes it much easier for those of us with weak eyes to read! I dont have to move my mouse over 15 identical icons to find that file i downloaded.
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