[Bf-committers] UI changes from cycles branch

[Christopher Allan Webber]

I do like the more compactness though.

Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber at dustycloud.org> writes:

> Maybe it's just me but this feels like a serious downgrade.  I really
> admired the way the blender 2.5/6x UI looked in that it had a kind of
> sheen and niceness that you don't see in many applications.  A friend of
> mine described it like "you can tell the Blender developers spent a lot
> of time thinking about making the 2.5X series pretty, it's almost like a
> throwback to a demoscene application in that way."  I agree... it did
> feel that way.  But a lot of this sheen now seems gone in these
> revisions, largely because of the removal of embossing and the muting of
> the icons... it feels a bit sad to me, honestly!
>
> Brecht Van Lommel <brechtvanlommel at pandora.be> writes:
>
>> 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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