Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-11 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 Feb 2019 at 07:03:50 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 09 February 2019 03:18:43 Paul Sutton wrote: > > On 09/02/2019 08:11, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 > > > David Wright wrote: > > > > > > Hello David, > > > > > >> I can't understand why modern G

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 Feb 2019 at 23:16:42 (+0100), Michael Lange wrote: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 14:40:18 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > > > However, you've taught me what to look for in the Packages/Descriptions > > files, and I've now installed gnome-accessibility-themes. Not pretty, > > but does just what I

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 February 2019 03:18:43 Paul Sutton wrote: > On 09/02/2019 08:11, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 > > David Wright wrote: > > > > Hello David, > > > >> I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > >> on a grey21 background. > > > > Fas

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > on a grey21 background. Ending is better than mending. Form replaces function. (not having my constructive day today, sorry) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > on a grey21 background. How am I meant to know what's going to happen > when I press Return on each of these dialogue boxes, 1­3? Enjoy your stock GTK+3

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Paul Sutton
On 09/02/2019 08:11, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > Hello David, > >> I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets >> on a grey21 background. > Fashion. Pure and simple. > > It's ludicrous, I agree; We finally have near pho

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets >on a grey21 background. Fashion. Pure and simple. It's ludicrous, I agree; We finally have near photo-realistic GFX systems, and UI designers decide the best

GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-08 Thread David Wright
I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets on a grey21 background. How am I meant to know what's going to happen when I press Return on each of these dialogue boxes, 1­3? We used to see things more like attachment 4 only a few years ago. How can I get back something like tha