Do you think the change to semi-transparent black would be more acceptable (less jarring) if it happened gradually? That's what happens when you activate the dashboard in Mac OS X (though the background is not darkened very much).
Cheers, Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley <http://capcloud.com/> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Oleh Kovalchuke <[email protected]>wrote: > Launching videos from the side bar at Facebook utilizes this > semitransparent > "white screen" effect. It is indeed much less jarring than semitransparent > black. > > Oleh Kovalchuke > Interaction Design is design of time > http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
