Re: Possible UI Freeze Break in Clearlooks

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 22:39 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> Shaun McCance wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 22:24 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote:
> >> The latest release of gtk-engines (2.9.3) has a new checkbox style for 
> >> ticked checkboxes. It uses a cross rather than a tick mark to indicate 
> >> an activated checkbox.
> >>
> >> My question is, does this break the UI freeze as the screenshots, in 
> >> documentation might be affected. Does this change need to be reverted in 
> >> order to have consistent documentation?
> > 
> > I'd say it's a pretty substantial UI change.  Any number
> > of screenshots in any of our documents could be affected
> > by this change.
> > 
> > Can I ask why this change was made?  Check marks are pretty
> > much standard check box markers on most platforms.
> 
> I think you mean tick marks ;-)
> 
> Andrea thought this style was more usable - it being bolder and more 
> visual. I CC'd him on this e-mail in case he wants to explain more.

Could you provide a before-and-after image of this change?

> There have been a few other (what I would consider) minor changes, such 
> as refinement of the arrow shapes, and even smaller changes with the 
> gradients in buttons etc. What is the documentation team's opinion on 
> such changes with regard to the various freezes in the GNOME schedule?

I would judge based on whether I expect a non-anal-retentive
reader to notice.  If you refine the drawing of an arrow to
make it crisper or less pixelated, that wouldn't concern me
much.  Technically, any change to the look of a theme is a
UI change, but changes that don't create differences that
are obviously noticeable can usually slide by.

--
Shaun