On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Sebasti= an K=FCgler <sebas@kd= e.org> wrote:

On Friday, October 22, 2010 23:34:16 todd= rme wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Sebastian K=FCgler <sebas@kde.org> wrote:
> > On Friday, October 22, 2010 22:35:16 Sebastian K=FCgler wrote: > >> > Is there any way to make it so themes can specify whethe= r it embossed,
> >> > sunken, or flush? =A0Some themes, like ASCII or ghost, w= ould probably
> >> > look better without the effect.
> >>
> >> Hm, yes probably.
> >
> > And with "yes probably", I mean that some themes might = look better
> > without it, but I'd rather have the default case done well an= d it look
> > slightly alien on flat themes, than having it too flat in the def= ault
> > just so it looks good in ASCII -- optimize for the current case (= in our
> > case, the default). I think the ASCII theme, and other very flat = ones
> > are kind of corner cases.
> >
> > Doesn't mean it should be overdone, or that we can just ignor= e those
> > themes, just that getting it better in the default theme is param= ount.
>
> I agree completely, that's why I suggested themes be able to speci= fy
> whether they want it or not (and whether it is embossed or recessed).<= br> > That way you can focus your attention on getting it working well for > the default themes, and in the rare cases where it makes things worse<= br> > the responsibility is on the theme developer to disable it. =A0For
> legacy themes I agree the default should be to have it. =A0Just lookin= g
> through the themes I only see a handful that I think this might look > worse on.

Interestingly, the way the human brain interprets it on or the = other way.
"Normal" people will see a dark backdrop as a shadow, while seein= g a light
backdrop as embossed. Schizophrenic people apparently do not make this
translation. Shadows are a common equivalent in nature for this, they'r= e dark.
Text with light backdrop will appear embossed or recessed depending on how = the
shadows of surrounding objects look like -- it's seen in context.

Here's an interesting article on how the human brain interprets convex = and
concave shapes when viewed on 2d surfaces:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/schizoillusion/<= br>
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sebas

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