ubuntu-artwork >= 7 (using in daylight and scrollbar)

[Paul Sladen]

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 00:58 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > > Ah yes, that's a hell lot more usable, as well as much better looking.
> > > Definitely a good move (if it's adopted...)
> I like most of the Orange theme very much (especially the buttons and
> check boxes), but folder icons and progress bars are a bit too much.

I have used the theme this morning aswell, I think my conclusions are that
the theme works fairly well in daylight/sunlight with the LCD backlight
brightness ramped up quite high.

As the backlight-level is lowered the orange glare increases and when using
low brightness in a dark room (on battery in the evening) then the contrast
between the orange and the rest of the screen descreases the usability as
the orange over-powers other content on the display.

Scrollbars:
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The other gripe I've noticed is a descrease in contrast between the
scroll-bar and the scrollbar-highlight (that is the total length, and the
section that you can drag).  The orange end-tints give a good hint to the
length of the bar, but only when it is actually being hovered over---and to
aim the pointer at it, you need to know where it is.

Keeping the orange end-bars highlighted all the time would solve this
issue.  Under previous Human themese it's also helped by three visible
dashes in the *centre* of the active bar.  The new 'grid' to replace this
feature is too faint/subtle to be visible.

	-Paul
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