[ubuntu-art] Shiki-Colors

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Victor <perfectska04 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think 2px is quite usable for the borders, but it can be increased if
> need be. I made it so the outline is always 1px, though, so thicker
> borders shouldn't necessarily mean bad.
>

First test: fail. :-(

I set it up for my wife and asked her to resize a window while I
watched. She went right for the side and couldn't grab it in a few
seconds and several tries because she was waiting for the cursor to
change to the resize handle and the "hit" area was so small she kept
overshooting. She resorted to resizing by moving the window around and
then using the upper corner. So in a sense she did succeed but we
effectively made resizing windows more difficult. Of note is the fact
that she was using a laptop with a trackpad. I think it's a bit harder
to be precise with this pointing device. I'll do a little more
testing, maybe on Sunday I'll have a chance.

Even if every tester fails I'm not 100% sure that means we should go
to wider borders. If I remember correctly, some operating systems
force users to use the bottom right corner to resize and users adapt
just fine, though maybe not in the first 8 seconds.

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Matthew Nuzum
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