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I'm sorry, when I said "it" I meant Unity's current implementation of always have the background color, not Windows 7's implementation. Currently Unity is a clear case of copying the what (the background color is the icons' background color) without copying the why (do so to tell the user which application is running) > From: zekopeko@xxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:51:49 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Better use of backlight in Unity launcher > To: merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx > CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Mark Curtis <merkinman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Because it doesn't add anything to usability. > > I don't agree. Windows 7 makes it very clear what applications are > running and which ones are not. It also makes it clear which ones have > multiple windows, which ones have running task etc. > > Currently the backlight reduces usability because it colors all the > icons so the only way to know if applications are running are tiny > triangles. > > > I do understand what you're saying about the color clashing, maybe if we go > > with the green/blue/red thing they may have to be muted colors. > > > >> From: zekopeko@xxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:28:25 +0100 > >> To: frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx > >> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Better use of backlight in Unity launcher > >> > >> This all look fine and dandy until you realise that a the icons colors > >> could clash with the icon background. I can imagine it could look > >> quite ugly. > >> > >> Windows 7 has this solved rather nicely so why not simply copy how they > >> did it? > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx > >> <frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 21:33, Owais Lone <hello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Having a reduced set of predetermined colours would greatly increase > >> >> usability IMO if used in a meaningful way. > >> > > >> > +1 > >> > > >> >> > >> >> For example, > >> >> > >> >> White --> Normal/Not Running > >> > > >> > white is default at the moment, that's Ambiance, so agreed. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Yellow --> Minimized > >> > > >> > what for? > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Green --> Running > >> > > >> > That's notification color in Ambiance at the moment. > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Red --> Needs Input|Attention / Notification > >> > > >> > Red is kinda strong, it means "Reboot Required" at the moment. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > >> Post to : ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > Post to : ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > |