[Bf-committers] UI changes from cycles branch

François T. francoistarlier at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 20:50:41 CEST 2011


I personaly preferred the non-emboss, solid and slick one, but it is only
subjective


F.



2011/10/24 Brecht Van Lommel <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be>

> Hi,
>
> Panel headers a bit darker now and increased button embossing:
>
> Before: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19452
> Latest: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19501
>
> I also like the icons to be a bit more muted, again to avoid them
> grabbing attention too much with highlights. For me this is what
> really finishes it off, to make the interface nice calm, but maybe
> this is considered too dull.
>
> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19500
>
> Brecht.
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Brecht Van Lommel
> <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be> wrote:
> > Updated with some changes:
> >
> > Before: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19452
> > Previous: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19453
> > Now: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19477
> >
> > * Area embossing back, more subtle & fix it being drawn wrong with 1
> > pixel offset
> > * More space in panel headers
> > * Darker arrows on menu button
> > * Screen splitting widget with grippers
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Brecht Van Lommel
> > <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Here's a patch with a subset of the UI changes in the cycles branch
> >> that I'd like to merge into trunk. Are there any objections to this?
> >>
> >> Before: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19452
> >> After: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19453
> >> Patch: http://www.pasteall.org/25777/diff
> >>
> >> I don't think they would need any documentation updates, it's just
> >> small things that wouldn't confuse anyone in screenshot:
> >> * Remove emboss on areas and regions
> >> * Remove button emboss
> >> * More subtle colors and gradients on buttons
> >> * Black arrows on menu button
> >> * Panel header changed look & smaller
> >> * Screen splitting widgets look
> >> * Toolbar/properties expand button look
> >>
> >> Not included:
> >> * Droid sans font, was not received very well for the few days it was in
> trunk
> >> * Contrast reduction on icons
> >> * Auto hide scrollers (later, is unfinished)
> >>
> >> I'd still like to change the font in trunk, but it seems hard to get
> >> an agreement on this. Some tests:
> >>
> >> Lucida Grade (mac ui font, non-free):
> >> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19454
> >> Ubuntu font: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19457
> >> Droid Sans font: http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=19458
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brecht.
> >>
> >
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