Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-19 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi there, On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 07:37 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote: > True - in the first step, we should follow the OS preference - so all > programs on the user's computer behave the same way. There really is no OS preference for application background that I'm aware of on unix/gtk+ - q

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-18 Thread Christoph Noack
Am Freitag, den 15.07.2011, 20:10 +0100 schrieb Michael Meeks: > Hi Alex, > > On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 22:34 +0100, Alex B wrote: > > I'd realy love to see a darker application background in Writer. As you > > know, > > the appearance of LibreOffice depends on the used GTK Theme. Because most > > G

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Alex, On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 22:34 +0100, Alex B wrote: > I'd realy love to see a darker application background in Writer. As you know, > the appearance of LibreOffice depends on the used GTK Theme. Because most GTK > Themes are light and bright, the contrast between the application background >

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-16 Thread Andrew Pullins
so what your saying is the the options are like my attached file. thats what I was confused about yesterday was I did not know where these options were coming from. On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Alex B wrote: > > > i translated it, and added a screenshot of the old dialog, so you can see > w

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-16 Thread Alex B
i translated it, and added a screenshot of the old dialog, so you can see what would be the changes. http://http://i.imgur.com/zhZSv.png the idea is, that you first select in general what you want to change (General, HTML Document, Spreadsheet etc.) from the the drop down menu and than  you c

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-15 Thread Andrew Pullins
I pretty much got the what it said but if it will help other people who read this. but it is not that hard to use translate. On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Christopher Lee wrote: > If needed, I can translate the text and reupload the image. My German's > not > fantastic but there's nothing ou

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-15 Thread Christopher Lee
If needed, I can translate the text and reupload the image. My German's not fantastic but there's nothing out of my range on this screenie. On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Andrew Pullins wrote: > > > > maybe like this? http://i.imgur.com/LHvxp.png > > > wow this is grate, I don't know what it

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-15 Thread Andrew Pullins
> > maybe like this? http://i.imgur.com/LHvxp.png wow this is grate, I don't know what it all says but thank you Google translate. so would you click the drop down bar that says Application Backg... and choose things like page color, margin outline color ect. And the general would be things like

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-15 Thread Christopher Lee
Ich finde dass ziemlich super! Und deine Emglisch ist auch ganz gut. ;) Okay, now that we've established that my Grammatik is not up to snuff, your mockup looks really good. I'm not entirely sold on the second row (General >> Application Background), but it's clear and useful. I am surprised

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Alex B
Since i'm using OOo/libO for almost 2 years now, and never found the option to change the application background color, this can mean two things: I. Something is wrong with me. II. Something is wrong with the options dialog. (in my defence, it's way harder to find in german, than in english) I

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Christopher Lee
And while I agree that it's not an art program, it's also fair to make this comparison considering how many colors are offered in the LibreOffice options dialogue. We can deal with dropdown menus for changing font colors since most people use a limited selection anyway (of course, with a Shore M

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Andrew Pullins
this is not a Art program. but I see what you mean, palates are grate. I am working on a new UI right now, and will be uploading my ideas in a few days... or maybe tomorrow. hope to get some feed back from everyone. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Christopher Lee wrote: > > I was looking at t

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Christopher Lee
> I was looking at the options that we are talking about after I read this. > but I think that the color pickers could be made easier to understand. > probably the hole options menu, but I have not read through the hole thing. Definitely. I don't see dropdown lists as being an ideal means of picki

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Andrew Pullins
I was looking at the options that we are talking about after I read this. but I think that the color pickers could be made easier to understand. probably the hole options menu, but I have not read through the hole thing. For all the user cares, a simplified image just showing the page, the > gener

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Christopher Lee
I don't think it would be that hard to do a preview-- you wouldn't even need to have it be completely representative. For all the user cares, a simplified image just showing the page, the general toolbar area, and so on would probably be sufficient-- and it would be no harder to implement than a

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Andrew Pullins
> > > I like the idea that the colors and them be a "live preview" it will just be some time before that is implemented it sounds complicated. but till then I think that the Apply button will work nicely. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:45 PM, RGB ES wrote: > 2011/7/15 Christopher Lee : > > Ricardo,

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread RGB ES
2011/7/15 Christopher Lee : > Ricardo, > >> Already possible: Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Appearance → change >> "Application background" from "Default" to your preferred colour. If >> you need a different colour define a new one under Tool → Options → >> LibreOffice → Colors: your new colour w

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Christopher Lee
Ricardo, > Already possible: Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Appearance → change > "Application background" from "Default" to your preferred colour. If > you need a different colour define a new one under Tool → Options → > LibreOffice → Colors: your new colour will be available when you > change

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread RGB ES
2011/7/14 Alex B : > I'd realy love to see a darker application background in Writer. Already possible: Tools → Options → LibreOffice → Appearance → change "Application background" from "Default" to your preferred colour. If you need a different colour define a new one under Tool → Options → Libr

Re: [libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Christopher Lee
I agree with this personally, because I find darker backgrounds good for working on a background. But I don't think we should override the user's theme if at all possible (also, LibreOffice's Windows and Mac versions should also be remembered! It is used widely outside of Linux, too!). Rather,

[libreoffice-design] [proposal] Dark application background

2011-07-14 Thread Alex B
Hi all, first of all: i'm new to open source and the whole mailing-list thing, plus - as you'll probably recognize - english isn't my native language, so if i do something wrong, please tell me.  I'd realy love to see a darker application background in Writer. As you know, the appearance of Li