Re: [Usability] Mezzo interface [was Re: nautilus ... ]

[Daniel Borgmann <daniel borgmann gmail com>]

Maybe, but those don't even look like buttons anymore. Wouldn't that
be worse for usability than the outline?

Daniel
 

On 7/14/05, David Zulaica <david pseudo-cyb org> wrote:
> 
> Perhaps something along the lines of this?
> 
> This was fairly quick and based off some ideas I've had -- small gutters
> much like those that separate menubars in applications.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Borgmann [mailto:daniel borgmann gmail com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:01 PM
> To: David Zulaica
> Cc: Alan Horkan; usability gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Usability] Mezzo interface [was Re: nautilus ... ]
> 
> On 7/14/05, David Zulaica <david pseudo-cyb org> wrote:
> > >Having the trashcan and the show desktop buttons in the corners is a
> > >simply matter of configuring a panel correctly and adding only one item
> to
> > >it.
> >
> > Not quite. Because of the ways some people create their themes, the
> buttons
> > don't always sit in the absolute corner. The true point is that I should
> > "blindly" be able to just throw my cursor into the corner without having
> to
> > worry about a small margin that won't let me access the button.
> 
> The margin is always purely visual, so you can still blindly throw
> your cursor into the corner.
> BTW, in current Clearlooks we draw an additional shadow line around
> the buttons which may _look_ like a margin, but it's not. We could
> probably drop it for buttons on panels, but I doubt whether this would
> be worth it (normal buttons "glued" to each other look rather messy
> and unprofessional). If there are any good suggestions for alternative
> button rendering on panels, we are always listening!
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
>