Re: Back to basics
Anne Wilson <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 17/08/12 13:34, Marco Martin wrote: > On Friday 17 August 2012, Nuno Pinheiro wrote: >> >> as I said you probably dont want to open that can of worms, like >> many things in oss it will take its time to get it fixed as it >> requires people to start thinking difrently.. on a side note you >> should notice that virtualy all desktops (including mobile and >> tablet) have the systry icons monochrome > > that is a part of removing visual noise, not having too many colors > in the panel, an area always seen is important. > > the concept of the systray is that it should contain no more than > 3-4 items with instantly recognizable shape that tell things that > really needs to be always known and under the eyes, or becomes > quite useless immediately (little game, name each one of > http://steveconroy.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ss-crowded.jpg?w=455&h=113) > > so, going monochrome reduces noise, leaving only what's is > actually important reduces noise. something that may be worth > trying is to put by default icons of "application" category in the > hidden area (can still be explicitly shown by the user) this can > already be done reliably now > Actually, it draws attention in a way that I doubt was intended. The "sore thumb" analogy. I'm not asking for multi-coloured icons, just a single colour, and probably in a shade of blue that fits with most other things KDE-related. I do like the simplicity of the icons - I see no reason to change them, apart from the colour. Anne -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAuPiQACgkQj93fyh4cnBddQACfbfhliu52Lyp9zJ55GuU8lBv3 ancAn2Rpm+xRoheEeK8tVB3/hVBD+MZ9 =/Yuj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.