On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Eli Barzilay <e...@barzilay.org> wrote: > About a minute ago, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote: >> Thanks for this. >> >> I really like the rounded-edge "Download" buttons that most software >> systems now have. It seems odd to not have one for DrRacket. (I >> brought this up some years ago when these weren't quite so >> prevalent; now they're ubiquitous.) > > If you want round corners, see if you can get something that looks > fine from http://www.cssbuttongenerator.com/ . I tried, but ended up > with things that look too ugly. (I also tried to use *just* the round > corner attributes, but that makes the browsers I tried switch to a > button rendering that doesn't look like a normal button.) > > >> The grey of the Platform line makes it look like it's been greyed out >> -- my first mental thought was, "what if I want some other >> platform?" That's not a good visual metaphor. > > Yes, I know. What I did for that is to change the color when focus > moves in. So if you do click the platform to see "what's > unavailable", it gets colored as "available" (in black), and then > switches back to gray when focus moves out. Any other idea?
I think the button should say "Download <the platform>" and then there should be something that lets you download for another platform, separately. Robby _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev