On 29 August 2010 17:28, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
>> Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dark_ixion/4937010683/sizes/o/
>
>> For me, that's the easiest to read so far. With a lot of the other
>> distractions cleaned up, I wonder if it's worth throwing another
>> version up with subtle shadows on the boxes which have rounded
>> corners. I think that glitzes things up enough to make it more
>> pleasing visually, without really distracting me. Of course if its
>> distracting enough for anyone to annoy or detract from usability
>> then they don't belong -- I just wonder if they might have
>> previously been seen as distracting largely because of they were
>> next to all those eye-grabbing colors....
>
> The yellow "note" boxes still strike me as too eye-grabbing for
> their purpose. Otherwise this version seems nice.
>
> regards, tom lane
New version.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dark_ixion/4938452850/sizes/o/
The only change is the addition of very light shadowing (for Dave and
Kevin), and done on my fella's Mac (yes, I washed my hands after)
where Screengrab actually works so no compression or weird
colour-bleeding/shifting issues :)
As for the notes being too distracting, I'll work on getting those more subdued.
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Thom Brown
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