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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Temporary KColorScheme change - hard-code some state colors
From:       pinheiro <nuno () oxygen-icons ! org>
Date:       2007-09-16 17:43:35
Message-ID: 200709161843.35908.nuno () oxygen-icons ! org
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A Sunday 16 September 2007 18:24:59, Aaron J. Seigo escreveu:
> On Sunday 16 September 2007, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > On 16.09.07 18:45:33, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > Being able to see which window is active seems pretty important to me.
> > > We can't change the color of the window decoration anymore, as that
> > > would visually really suck. The theme simply isn't made for that. So
> > > we can do something else (which Matthew here is trying) or rewrite
> > > Oxygen again.
> > 
> > I'm starting to think that maybe the Oxygen design in its current form
> > doesn't play with the technical limitations we have. So maybe a redesign
> > is needed (yes that sucks, because it means that we won't have oxygen in
> > 4.0 and that the designers would throw away a lot of work).
> 
> throwing the baby out with the bath water would be silly, imho. the issue
> here is quite simple:
> 
> 	how to show inactive windows differently from active ones
> 
> we've gotten high centered in this conversation over changing the palette.
> that *obviously* isn't the only approach. really, we could quite easily get
> away with simply applying a little colour to the window decoration buttons
> and then desaturating them when not the active window.
> 
> this isn't a reason to toss oxygen out (and reading such things must be
> pretty demoralizing for the designers and developers involved, btw). at the
> same time, the oxygen designers do need to loosen up a bit and look at
> other options instead of trying to force through this palette change thing
> which we just really aren't ready for (technology-wise) right now.
> 
> we can try to do such palette changes properly later (e.g. 4.1 or
> whatever), but right now we need a pragmatic solution (which "scrap oxygen"
> isn't)

yes aron, i just moked a inactive version of the window withe windeckbuton the butons \
greeyd out, also note that the botons wen done have color on over and pressed. \
thinking on making the "x" in red so the difrence betwin active and inacive is even \
biguer.... its not perfect baut its ok i gess..... link 
http://www.nuno-icons.com/images/estilo/image4618nocoloring.png
   

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core oxygen icon designer


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style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Bitstream Vera Sans"> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">A Sunday 16 September 2007 18:24:59, Aaron J. Seigo \
escreveu:</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; On Sunday 16 September 2007, \
Andreas Pakulat wrote:</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; On \
16.09.07 18:45:33, Jos Poortvliet wrote:</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; &gt; Being able to see which window is active seems \
pretty important to me.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; &gt; We \
can't change the color of the window decoration anymore, as that</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; &gt; would visually really suck. The theme simply \
isn't made for that. So</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; &gt; we \
can do something else (which Matthew here is trying) or rewrite</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; &gt; Oxygen again.</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt;</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; \
I'm starting to think that maybe the Oxygen design in its current form</span></p> \
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; doesn't play with the technical limitations \
we have. So maybe a redesign</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; is \
needed (yes that sucks, because it means that we won't have oxygen in</span></p> \
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; &gt; 4.0 and that the designers would throw away \
a lot of work).</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; throwing the baby out with the bath water would \
be silly, imho. the issue</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; here is \
quite simple:</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; 	how to show inactive windows differently from \
active ones</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt;</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; we've gotten high centered in this conversation \
over changing the palette.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; that \
*obviously* isn't the only approach. really, we could quite easily get</span></p> \
<p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; away with simply applying a little colour to the \
window decoration buttons</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; and then \
desaturating them when not the active window.</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; this isn't \
a reason to toss oxygen out (and reading such things must be</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; pretty demoralizing for the designers and developers \
involved, btw). at the</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; same time, the \
oxygen designers do need to loosen up a bit and look at</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; other options instead of trying to force through this \
palette change thing</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; which we just \
really aren't ready for (technology-wise) right now.</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt;</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; we can try \
to do such palette changes properly later (e.g. 4.1 or</span></p> <p><span \
style="color:#000000">&gt; whatever), but right now we need a pragmatic solution \
(which &quot;scrap oxygen&quot;</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">&gt; \
isn't)</span></p> <p></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">yes aron, i just moked a inactive version of the \
window withe windeckbuton the butons greeyd out, also note that the botons wen done \
have color on over and pressed. thinking on making the &quot;x&quot; in red so the \
difrence betwin active and inacive is even biguer.... its not perfect baut its ok i \
gess.....</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">link </span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0d00ff">http://www.nuno-icons.com/images/estilo/image4618nocoloring.png</span></p>
 <p><span style="color:#000000">   </span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">-- </span></p>
<p></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000">core oxygen icon designer</span></p>
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