[Bf-committers] Simplified Header Stats (with icons)

[Ejner Fergo]

Hola,

I must admit I also had mixed feelings when seeing this proposal,
especially with bright and distracting icons, but after using the latest
version for a while I think it is very nice. I don't mistake the new icons
for buttons now that they are toned down, and it is not distracting like I
was afraid of.

This is coming from someone who liked the pure text for it's "directness",
but I actually feel the icons help me get a quicker overview in all
modes/objects. And it looks much more friendly ;)

If the point was to interact with these icons I would be totally against
it, same if I had to activate something (panel, dropdown) to get my info.
It need to be seen with a quick glance, and this patch helps with that, IMO.

Best regards and happy holidays,
Ejner Fergo


On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Tobias Oelgarte <
tobias.oelgarte at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As long icons aren't disturbing, for example extremely colorful, i
> prefer them often over text. So i would propose to use some more plain
> looking icons, even so this icons are already quite plain. The blender
> icon itself could be deemed as more disturbing and it displays are
> rather useless number behind it. I see this number every time in the
> splash screen, but more importantly i usually need to know the revision
> number instead of the version number.
>
> If we want to be consistent, following your guideline, then we should
> remove this icon as well. I know it is the famous blender icon... :P
>
> Considering the overall design, i have to say that anything goes, as
> long it does not stand out or conflicts heavily with the rest of an
> interface. I for my part would really like to get rid of this hard to
> read text line and would not consider stats as buttons as long they have
> no button-border or react to the mouse while hovering over them.
>
> Greetings from
> Tobias Oelgarte
>
> Am 23.12.2012 11:35, schrieb Ton Roosendaal:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Even though it looks very nice at first sight, I think we should try to
> keep the visual language of a UI consistent. Icons are UI elements, widgets
> meant to provide user interaction with data or tools.
> >
> > Icons are also little eyecatchers, and should best be silent and
> consistent (and not distract by changing position or shapes all the time).
> For that reason the current text string is nice noise-free.
> >
> > I can see the issue of improving the way we provide statistics. We also
> need better ways to communicate all kinds of states in Blender (which is
> abusively printed over the 3d window even in cases).
> >
> > In some other programs, I've seen small statistic panels, that provide a
> useful input for statistic options as well. Might be a better solution to
> explore this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> > Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands
> >
> > On 23 Dec, 2012, at 2:02, Harley Acheson wrote:
> >
> >> Hello again,
> >>
> >> I have updated the
> >> patch<
> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=33573&group_id=9&atid=127
> >with
> >> lots of changes resulting from all the
> >> discussions on the BlenderArtists
> >> thread<
> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?275390-Simplified-Header-Statistics-Display
> >.
> >> The response has been
> >> overwhelmingly positive.
> >>
> >> If you just want a quick peek at what it looks like, the following image
> >> shows it off very well:
> >>
> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/download.php/9/127/33573/23279/StatisticsIcons.png
> >>
> >> Harley
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