..on Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 02:15:29AM +0200, Nemes Ioan Sorin wrote: > julian wrote: > > ..on Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:25:18PM +0100, sylvain marc wrote: > >> Good theme > > > > this is a clean and eye-pleasing direction. > > > > comments: > > > > i think the shading on the buttons is a bit too much, perhaps > > so much so that it's hard to differentiate between a button-pressed and > > a button-normal. could they not be 'flatter'? this may make them look > > like they're more a part of the canvas than the stuff the window title > > is made of.. > > > > i find the diagonal pattern in the scrollbar troughs a bit too much, > > perhaps even dominating the scroll-handle itself. taking the > > trough colour back to a simple dark gradiant might be enough. > > > > that panel gradiant is good: just enough to give them form. > > > > the window title text is well resolved too i think: it sits out with the > > same depth those buttons are in relief. choice of typeface is great.. > > > > i think the contrast is better in the v1.5 than v1.6. i'd be keen to > > see v1.5 with squarer buttons and a few of the above suggestions > > implemented.. > > > > cheers, > > > > Sorry Julian, > > you say "this is a clean and eye-pleasing direction" ...but is not > really ;). > > really. From a functional perspective those scrollbars is not what is > supposed to be regarding UI Usability. > > First functionality, then the candy - that's the rule in Design. > > Scrollbars must mark visually that there in place, the content overflow > over recipient margins and it's height/width should suggest an > approximative difference between how much information are hidden and how > much is visible. > > Scrollbar must be enough distinctive place and should not distract the > look focus from content. In our case we have here an interesting > hypnotic effect created by the scroll-track bar. Moving the scrollbar > over the scroll-track - this hypnotic effect is amplified. > > So I see here some problems - theme is nice and clean - but scrollbar > design denote one fact -> the author is not yet very clear on it's > knowledge, on it's power. Yet.No problem - time and experience will help > here. But the scrollbar is not usable as is now.
as you'll read in my comments, i also say the scrollbars need some work. the buttons have problems too. nonetheless, i agree with Ken here, the theme is a good start and well worth /encouraging/.. > > Other elements are OK (excluding colors of course - but is not his > choice I understand that). > i also do not believe in the brown; it seems to offend too many to justify investment as a basis for design. given that a brown-based theme is unnegotiable it is hardly worth debating here however. a 'hue-wheel' however might be just the medicine for the great number of Ubuntu users that dislike brown on their desktop. based on a few tests with Gimp i think Ken's Union theme and this theme would well in this regard: http://mossblaser.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-8-04-GUI-Design-Idea-7257460 cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art