Re: introduction and playing cards

[Nicu Buculei <nicu_gnome nicubunu ro>]

Callum McKenzie wrote:
> I really, really, like the cards. I have added them to
> gnome-games-extra-data - the extra themes for gnome-games.
>
> Some comments that I hope are constructive:
>  - They take an awfully long time to load. This is mostly due to   
>    aisleriot's drawing code sacrificing speed for quality and the only 
>    reason I mention it is that this is what stopped me putting it in the
>    main distribution (with librsvg incorporating Cairo support now, 
>    hopefully I can redo the graphics code to cut out a lot of the crap).

It is also open fairly slow on my computer using eog/librsvg, but i have 
an old version of Gnome (2.10). The loading performance in Inkscape and 
Firefox is sensibly better.

>  - Even when the cards are set a reasonable distance apart, you can't  
>    tell what the suit is when they overlap. You might want to consider
>    this for other cards you design.

You are right about this, i have not considered overlap when defined the 
design. I was going for big numbers and signs for readability.

>  - The white borders don't give a lot of contrast when laid on top of 
>    each other.

This should be easy to adjust once i find the right color. I tested a 
black outline and don't liked it.

> Having said all that negative stuff about the details, they look really
> fantastic. They have a very nice first-look wow! factor.

Thanks!

Can someone post a screenshot? As i said, i have an old Gnome and would 
be useful to see it in action, maybe for some quick tweaks.

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