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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: HIG: Systray apps: systray screenshot
From:       Datschge <datschge () gmx ! de>
Date:       2004-09-15 23:16:44
Message-ID: 200409160116.32062.datschge () gmx ! de
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On Wednesday 15 September 2004 19:46, Sébastien Laoût [temporar] 
wrote:
> Someone mailed me to suggest that, in addition to or instead of
> using a red circle, the area around the proper SysTray icon could
> be desaturated, helping bring it into sharper focus.
>
> Don't know if it is easily possible to program.
> Is it increase usability?
> What do you think about it?

Well, ideal highlighting across many possible custom color and style 
setting is hard to achieve. The current red circle may be hard to see 
when everything else is red as well, the systray icon being 
desaturated may not be noticeable when the original icon is already 
lacking saturation, or the whole desktop look is completely saturated 
already. One way or another every approach might have edge cases were 
they aren't optimal.

My personal suggestion would be: keep the current circle, maybe use 
the users custom highlighting color as color for the circle, and 
possibly add a large arrow (white with black border or vice versa) 
pointing to the circle. And/or show the icon used in the systray in 
the text above the screenshot as well.

Cheers, Datschge
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