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[zekopeko <zekopeko@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.