Re: [Evolution-hackers] Marcus Bains Line in calendar

[Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com>]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 14:56 -0400, Thouis (Ray) Jones wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 2:42 PM, Rodney Dawes <dobey novell com> wrote:
> > Hrmm. I like the color change on the time bar side. would be nice to
> > make the in-view line more subtle too. It needs to stand out, but it
> > doesn't need to divert your attention from the rest of the view, which
> > is what it seems to do now, when I look at the screenshots. Granted,
> > the screenshots are of a small cropped area.
> >
> 
> I've posted a full shot at:
> http://people.csail.mit.edu/people/thouis/mb-full.png

Thanks. Hrmm. Doesn't seem so bad at that size of a window...

> > > What are your thoughts on adding a time display to the line (as in
> > > Korganizer)?  I think it's overkill, and I expect you agree, but want
> > > to make sure (and get other people's opinions).
> > 
> > It probably is a bit overkill. It would help to distinguish the MB line
> > from the hourly separator lines, though. However, I can't help but think
> > that there is some better way to do that as well.
> 
> Color seems easiest, in terms of ease of location.  Some sort of
> patterning to the line might work as well.  Since peripheral vision is
> more sensitive to color changes than intensity changes (IIRC), color
> makes sense as a way to make it easily located.  But I'm open to other
> suggestions, and will try to implement them and test them out for a
> few days, if there are any.

What about making both parts of the line the same color? (red)

-- dobey