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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: The new KFileDialog
From:       Christian Loose <christian.loose () hamburg ! de>
Date:       2005-02-22 23:58:50
Message-ID: 200502230058.50471.christian.loose () hamburg ! de
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Am Dienstag, 22. Februar 2005 22:59 schrieb Christian Loose:
> Am Dienstag, 22. Februar 2005 21:26 schrieb Jason Keirstead:
> > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 3:52 pm, Aaron Seigo wrote:
> > > >  Previously it was a darker gray, and it stood out nicely.
> > >
> > > that's sort of the issue. it stood out rather glaringly. it's not
> > > necessary to hit people over the head with sledgehammers, in fact doing
> > > so makes our gui's appear heavy, busy and "bloated". i hate those terms
> > > probably as much as you do because we both know it's "just aesthetics",
> > > but it's how people perceive things.
> >
> > It probably is just aesthetics, but personally, I really think the old
> > bar was more useable, since you could see it better. With the Plastik
> > color scheme and my current monitor settings I can barely even see the
> > thin 1px border currently around it... I need to actually crane my neck.
> >
> > Maybe not use the Window background color, but to use a variant of it..
> > maybe darkened by 10%?
>
> Or how about making the border thicker and darker?
>
> We probably need some mockups before we can make a good judgement if it's
> an improvement.

(Just playing around)

A mockup with a darker border. 

Christian


["dark_border.png" (image/png)]

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