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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: [Panel-devel] Kickoff menu items
From:       James <sheepzilla () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-12-01 23:46:39
Message-ID: 4751F25F.5090405 () gmail ! com
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Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> hi...
> 
> On Thursday 29 November 2007, Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
>> - Changed the selection to fill the full width of the view. It looks more
>> like a menu this way and it visually connects the item with its expand
>> arrow on the right if there is any.
> 
> this is problematic for other reasons. we've been through that on this list 
> now a few times. short story: clashes with icon colours (tight spaces make 
> this suck even more), it doesn't direct the eyes to the meaningful content, 
> it really clashes with the status bars on the computer tab.
> 
>> - Icons aren't painted a bit transparent anymore. I thought it looked a bit
>> too washed out. A nicer effect can probably be achieved by highlighting the
>> selected item, the same way it's done in Konqueror and Dolphin.
> 
> except that this isn't konq or dolphin.
> 
> so, can we solve these issues in a different way?

Hi,

Just a suggestion, and one which I have no easy means to 
implement myself at the moment; Why not use some kind of Icon 
zooming along with scaling of the accompanying font for the 
active menu item. Or would this be too apple-ish?

James
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