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[Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/03/10 12:03, Conscious User wrote:
> Mark, I've accidentally sent a direct message to you instead of the
> Ayatana list, and thus the same happened with your reply, sorry.
>
>   
>> I wasn't clear, sorry.
>>
>> I think "outline" should mean "the capability is here but it is not
>> being used". So, for example, an outline of the wifi signal says "You
>> have a wifi card but are not connected to any network". Or an outline of
>> the messaging menu icon suggests "you would find messages here, but
>> nothing is running that would give them to you". Or an outline of the
>> sound indicator to say "You could set sound preferences here, but you
>> don't have a sound card configured".
>>
>> So outline-to-full transitions suggest "OK, we're up and running now".
>> You connected, or you have a messaging app running.
>>
>> This is the articulation I'm expecting from Otto and MPT shortly.
>>     
> But then... what does "dimmed" stands for?
>   

Dimmed is an interesting option. We have been testing the idea of using
dimmed-to-full to indicate "you've got messages", but it looks like
messages are important enough that we should go further and use a
colour. Since it's positive, rather than an alarm or warning, green
would be appropriate if we have to.

I would prefer mono dimmed-to-full because it's pared back. We have too
much garish use of colour already, I would prefer to limit the use of
colours only to things which really demand action.

Mark

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