Under no circumstances should we style buttons...EVER. The reason behind this are very clear (check item 1 in this list of top 10 design mistakes to quote something relatively recent, although I'm sure I can pull out this blasted discussion from countless email conversations: http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover/the-top-10-design-mistakes) . If certain transitions are too subtle, then these can be made more apparent, the design is an evolution, but this is a decidedly step backwards.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Matthias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > instead of yet another revert-commit-revert fight, here's a call for a > vote on the matter of using the default OS widgets (buttons, dropdowns, > etc.) or whether to style them via CSS. > > The problems I have with styled widgets: > > - The styled buttons look bad in Chrome/Chromium, Safari 3, and likely > other WebKit browsers, due to the lack of antialiasing on rounded > borders. I haven't even checked in IE. > > - State transitions are far too subtle with the current styling. The > hover can barely be made out, for example. > > - The usability is worse than unstyled buttons, because people know > their OS widgets and know how they look like and what behavior to expect > from them. > > - Lastly, I don't think they fit in with the rest of the admin > (different border radius, different color, different gradient, etc.) > > > The only pro argument I could see: > > - Make Habari look consistent across platforms. Doesn't resonate with me > because I don't think Habari should try to appear as a separate > platform. For me, Habari is an app. > > > So, votes please, everyone. > > -Matt > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
