[Bf-taskforce25] Widget Colouring Suggestion

[Rob Cozzens]

One point about color coding this keying info... it makes it less useful for
people with certain types of color-blindness. I think version #5 has the
most promise, because it could be a theme option to have a different symbol
in those badges in addition to/instead of color.
I guess as long as the colors are changeable, any of those versions could
be usable for the color-blind with some tweaking.

-Rob

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Brian Staub <brian.staub at yahoo.com> wrote:

> mmm k... grrrr....  sorry again.  let's try this one more time.  this link
> should work  =/
>
> http://invertednormal.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/widgetcolors013.png
>
>
> > Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > These special state-widgets, just like text outside buttons, work
> > nicely in layouts that are strictly displayed as a list
> >
> >
> > Such features can be part of "Style" definitions, so it can be added
> > where appropriate.
> >
> > Further there's plenty of subtle ways to explore; here's a quicky I
> > did, the button outline code is a quad strip, so can be any width;
> > http://download.blender.org/institute/rt.jpg
> > Or just color items in button:
> > http://download.blender.org/institute/rt2.jpg
> >
> > Still; a problem with color coding remains that you have drop (part of)
> > the freedom to assign colors to visualize widget types. Color encoding
> > is very limited and with more than just a few colors it starts looking
> > messy and loses meaning.
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation  ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
> > Blender Institute BV  Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam The Netherlands
> >
> > On 5 Apr, 2009, at 21:03, William Reynish wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5 Apr, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is of course a temporary situation. We're experimenting with it.
> > :)
> >
> > The basic idea remains that widget coloring will be derived from a set
> > of theme colors you've defined yourself, visualizing widget
> > functionality or widget types, and matching the overal looks you want.
> >
> > We will also check smaller and more subtle ways to show animated
> > variables. We could make the layout engine add space for a small
> > icon/button, allowing standard input methods to edit it, and visualize
> > whether the variable has a function curve, is being driven, or
> > controlled by expression, and allowing a way to make a function curve
> > editor to show the curve/driver.
> >
> > One thing is quite cool of the current flashy coloring though; it's
> > totally clear and obvious for debugging purposes. Might be worth
> > putting a theme option in Blender that does it, so you can optionally
> > switch to it on a simple command, and back. :)
> >
> >
> > We have to find a balance where this information is as clear as
> > possible, yet not totally distracting. Current solution isn't too bad
> > I don't think - like you say it's obvious, yet non-intrusive whenever
> > that information is not needed or not focused on - buttons that are
> > not animated keep looking normal. However, I appreciate that
> > there definitely are other solutions and it'd be nice if anyone with
> > other ideas could scribble them down and preferably do some visual
> > mockups of buttons in animated/expression/keyframe/driven states.
> >
> > The problems with having a separate icon for animation states
> > are twofold: first, you have to create a visual connection between it
> > and the 'parent' widget, and second, you have much more clutter and
> > information in the users face. These special state-widgets, just like
> > text outside buttons, work nicely in layouts that are strictly
> > displayed as a list - a la Apple Motion, XSI, etc, but probably not so
> > much in Blender where buttons layouts so far are a lot more varied.
> >
> > -William
> >
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