On 16.10.2015 23:41, Stephen Michel wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:06 PM, mray <m...@mray.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 16.10.2015 04:57, Stephen Michel wrote:
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:29 PM, mray <m...@mray.de> wrote:
>>>>  After some discussions with wolftune it dawned on me that we probably
>>>>  have to stick to our discussion/ticket system.
>>>
>>>  Stick to our discussion/ticket system as opposed to...?
>>
>> ... something that can be considered a finished product.
>>
>>>
>>>>  I thought we might as well make it more usable then. Here is where we
>>>>  currently are:
>>>>
>>>>  https://img.bi/#/tMpXHzF!jefIs_vKO6A8a2S4CFDwDg6TK4Qw9JNMzHkb99u5
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Any feedback?
>>>
>>>  The border around the inner shaded posts is not dark enough for me to
>>>  clearly distinguish the border. Making all the inner borders the same
>>>  darkness makes a world of difference, though it's a small change:
>>>
>>>  https://img.bi/#/q1mhu9l!A8SXKRNJ6v3l9RTgHGn1KgyWq8kxDnUxc0OV1fO-
>>>
>>>  ~Stephen
>>>
>>
>> It is ok not to be able to distinguish the border.
>> The border has the sole purpose of highlighting the change of background
>> color. And even that does not have to be something that needs to be
>> distinguished clearly.
>>
>> The main goal is to make it easy to read the connection of posts in
>> terms of partents and children so that you don't get confused.
>> indentation is probably the biggest mechanism that cares about that,
>> background and borders are just supposed to help.
>>
>> The really dark border at the very left is just to indicate that this is
>> the topmost post and you're not missing any context.
> 
> I think I may have been unclear. Here's your original image, with
> borders and posts identified.
> 
> https://img.bi/#/bZHUWcV!bS6MpE0KIso8MSg8f3vDKgXjvYNBVP4rF6i3RKD-
> 
> Border 1 is very dark.
> Border 2 is dark.
> Border 3 and 4 are light. So light that it is difficult for me to pick
> out the borders of post A and B.
> This makes posts A and B run together for me.
> 
> I propose changing borders 3 and 4 to be the same darkness as border 2
> (maybe it's just a rendering issue, but borders 3 and 4 are lighter in
> the image. In my earlier image, I changed the top and left borders of
> post A to be in the style of border 2. That's all I'm proposing.
> 

I agree. This is my fault, I should have noted that these mockups aren't
really "clean" in any sense. Just have a look at the horrible spacing
differences. This subtle amount of difference is due to me using
transparency to quickly adapt the predefined color-swatches in intensity.

>>
>>
>> Robert
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