Re: [Evolution-hackers] source colors

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 09:19 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> On Pre , 2004-05-28 at 12:04 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 10:18 -0400, William Jon McCann wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Are the colors for sources intended to be used for foreground or 
> > > background?  It seems that in evolution they are used for both.  The 
> > > source list uses it as a foreground color and the actual events/tasks 
> > > use it as a background color.
> > > 
> > where is the source list using the colors as foreground?
> 
> In the treeview the color is the foreground color of the text.
> 
I had to open the properties dialog for each source and press 'ok' for
this to show up...

> > > I think it is a bit problematic to use them for both.  For most people, 
> > > light colors tend to work well for the background (when not using an 
> > > inverse video theme) but not so well for the foreground.
> > > 
> > > I suppose much of this depends on what the theme foreground and 
> > > background are already set to.  Should we do something like compute the 
> > > average value of the theme [back/fore]ground and if it is less/darker 
> > > than 50% gray then use the inverse of the source color for the 
> > > [fore/back]ground?  For example, if the theme color and source color are 
> > > both #000000 then use #ffffff for the source.
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to figure out what to use for the clock applet.
> > > 
> > the task list and event list use the colors for background, so using the
> > same in the clock applet might be the best.
> 
> I don't think we should use them in the background for the tasks list
> either. This especially becomes problematic when the due today/past due
> colors come into play, and the background color gets changed to that.
> While using the colors as the background does make sense in some aspects
> of the Evo UI, it still causes problems. I think we should have a little
> icon that gets composited with the color, that we can put next to the
> source names in the source list treeview and option menus that show up
> in the UI. The clock applet and mini tasks view in the calendar could
> use this icon as well, and we can get rid of the use of background
> colors there, or at least, rid of the conflicting usage of background
> colors. Or, we could perhaps continue using the background colors to
> distinguish sources, in the list of tasks, and create icons to show that
> the tasks are due today or past due, instead of using colors. Either
> way, we should definately do the composited icon for use in the treeview
> of the calendar and tasks components, as well as for the option menus
> that show up elsewhere.
> 
using icons for due today/overdue would be the best solution, IMO. Thus
we could continue using the colors to distinguish sources, instead of
one icon per source.

cheers