[usability] default theme

Julio Biason julio.biason at terra.com.br
Thu Oct 28 00:33:41 UTC 2004


2004.10.27, David Feldman:
> I'm concerned about the default theme from a usability perspective: The 
> flat appearance of all the controls (particularly on a 
> less-than-perfect laptop monitor) makes them harder to spot and 
> provides fewer visual cues that they're clickable. Why not use, say, 
> Glider controls instead? They have some 3D appearance to convey that 
> you can click on them, but are still pretty subtle and don't hit you 
> over the head with their 3D effects.

Personally, I prefer the current (Industrial) theme. It looks easier
to identify the borders around the controls. Glider, to me, looks very
3D, but has poor border identification.

Just my opinion.




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