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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Recents apps in KDE menu confusing for users.
From:       Sander Devrieze <s.devrieze () pandora ! be>
Date:       2003-08-11 23:16:04
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Op dinsdag 12 augustus 2003 01:02, schreef Ralph Gottesbuehren:
> On Monday 11 August 2003 20:50, Daniele Medri wrote:
> > Alle 19:39, luned́ 11 agosto 2003, Ralph Gottesbuehren ha scritto:
> > > On Sunday 10 August 2003 15:46, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > > >...
> >
> > we could have problems with that background image. Think if "All
> > applications" area could be under the kde-gear. Will be the gear image in
> > "Quickstar Menu" area? Is difficoult to read too and the color could
> > change by user settings.
> >
> > You could use white background o system color (like the same used for
> > "All applications".
>
> The basic idea was to visualize the difference between "quickstart" and
> "all apps" in a graphical way. And to combine that with the sidebar-picture
> if it's activated without makin' it looking cluttered.
>
> I think, the difficulty to read the menu items could be solved in one or
> another way.
>
> For instance, the dark rectangle under "quickstart" could be coded with
> some "make it darker than the actual color"-code, like they do it with the
> icons. (blue -> dark blue, red would become dark red and so on)
>
> Or, second, the stripes Sander Devrieze mentions in the mail above could
> easily be changed by changing the sidebar-pic.

- From "KDE 3.1" (blue) to dynamic menu (100% white, or darker/lighter grey than 
static menu). So: sidebar image should stops before the dynamic menu.

> Third, one could use the new text-shadow-code from the "Desktop" or
> whatever.

Text-shadow isn't a good idea I think. A different collor (which contrasts 
good on the background collor) is much better I think.

<snip>

- -- 
Mvg, Sander Devrieze.
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