-- Ryan Leavengood, on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:16 -0500: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Braden Ewing <brewin@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Original unmodified for comparison: > > http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2936/haikuoriginal.png > > > > Mockup with solid background: > > http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8093/haikumockupclean.png > > > > Mockup with colorful background: > > http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2308/haikumockup.png > My thoughts: > > - In general I like Haiku's close button as it is. But the subtle X > isn't too bad, though I might only have it shown on mouse over. I agree, with this subtle, engraved look, it's actually quite nice, and if an X really helps people from other OS to make the close-connection, even better. -1 for the mouse-over idea. If every widget starts to light-up, blink symbols or starts wobbling if a mouse pointer ventures near it, my mind would explode. :) OTOH, if we had very, very, very subtle force-feedback input devices... Imagine a touch screen that could have the tiniest rough, warm and cold spots being produced. -> real 3D. :) > - I don't really like the white "glow" you added around the close and > zoom buttons. It just looks out of place. Yeah, me too. > - You didn't mention it but you added a "shine" affect to the tabs > too. As much of a cliché as they is becoming in GUIs and web > interfaces these days, I will admit it doesn't look too bad. It's too much for my taste. Even though, Haiku's buttons and drop-down menus do have a slight two-color gloss. Though I'd probably always go with Haiku's classical theme, I sometimes wonder, if more of an intelligent theme-o-mat wouldn't be a neat idea. Instead of dozens of adjustable objects and colour settings, have sliders for "hue" that simultaneously changes all colours to another perfectly mixed combination. A "gloss" slider tweaks everything from drab to über-gloss. Etc. Question is, is there an algorithm that could do that? Probably involves extensive study of some theory of subject vision or some such thing. I first came up with that when thinking about automatic Terminal session colours... > - I must admit I really like your green leaf. I like the original better. :) Maybe we'll have different colours for R1, R2, R3... > - The checks on the checkboxes look fine, though I'd prefer if they > were a color, such as the blue from the current X's. Though the X's > are more faithful to BeOS and so I prefer them in general. I also like the old X and their colour better. X are symmetrical an therefore more pleasing to me than ticks. Also, ticks give me that "two-thumbs-up" feeling. As if I did something right by ticking an option off. Activation could have been a big mistake as well... > I don't know about the "painting" technique as applied to that photo. > I think I would prefer the original photo. But neat idea nonetheless, Hehe. Nothing better than a picture of a nice Autobahn. .) Regards, Humdinger -- --=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=-=--=- Deutsche Haiku News @ http://www.haiku-gazette.de