[kepler-dev] DataSource Icon troubles

[Matthew Brooke]

Hi all -

I changed the icon yesterday to make it match the new Kepler design, as 
shown on the wiki page. The only other thing I have changed is to make 
the folder "ghosted" (translucent) until it is ready - so the error and 
busy status both have a ghosted folder, and the ready status has a 
regular folder. Similar ghosting is commonly used in windows and on the 
mac to denote hidden files and folders.

I have attached screenshots of the ready, busy and error phases (see 
attached gifs). As you can see, the text "busy" or "ERROR" appears in 
high-contrast, bold colors during these two phases.

The new design color is not a good contrast against the old kepler grey 
workflow background - the new design will have a white background, which 
contrasts more with the folder.

However, in both cases, the problem might be solved by making the 
outline of the folder a darker color (look carefully at the folder icons 
in windows, and you'll see what I mean). This would probably help 
visibility greatly; the old datasource icon had a black outline, which 
definitely made it more visible, if a little Fauvist

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Laura L. Downey wrote:
> Okay I will take a look at the latest in the morning.  Any specific workflow
> you want me to look at?  I'm a little perplexed since we haven't had any
> feedback that it was a problem in the various screenshots presented at the
> last 2 or 3 meetings or from the examples on the wiki.   But if there is an
> issue, we can easily adjust things. 
> 
> BTW, 10% of the male population has some form of color-blindness -- which is
> a major reason color should be used as a redundant cue (and because people
> see colors differently too).  In the datasource icon case, the file folder
> shape is the other cue.  
> 
> Laura L. Downey
> Senior Usability Engineer
> LTER Network Office
> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
> 1 University of New Mexico
> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
> 505.277.3157 office
> 505.610.9657 mobile
> 505.277-2541 fax
> ldowney at lternet.edu
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Higgins [mailto:higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 3:01 PM
> To: Laura L. Downey
> Subject: Re: [kepler-dev] DataSource Icon troubles
> 
> Hi Laura,
>     I think you need to look at the latest version.
> 
>     Have you tried the new nightly zip? (an easy way to look at the 
> version as of last night). There is a link from the download page on the 
> Kepler web site.(or http://www.kepler-project.org/nightly/zip/)
> 
> Dan
> 
> Laura L. Downey wrote:
> 
>> I don't know what you mean Dan -- the data source icons (the file folders)
>> are still yellow (maybe a little golder) after the data is successfully
>> downloaded.  Am I misunderstanding something?  Or perhaps Kevin is trying
>> some different colors with the "currently downloading" and "error"
>> conditions of the data source icons.
>>
>> I haven't been using the latest version of Kepler so haven't seen what you
>> are referring to.
>>
>> Laura L. Downey
>> Senior Usability Engineer
>> LTER Network Office
>> Department of Biology, MSC03 2020
>> 1 University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque, NM  87131-0001
>> 505.277.3157 office
>> 505.610.9657 mobile
>> 505.277-2541 fax
>> ldowney at lternet.edu
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org
>> [mailto:kepler-dev-bounces at ecoinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Dan Higgins
>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:26 PM
>> To: Kepler-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>> Subject: [kepler-dev] DataSource Icon troubles
>>
>> OK - I see we have changed the data source icon colors again! And now I 
>> can barely even see the icon in the default configuration and the color 
>> change when not busy is barely perceptable to me
>> Granted, I am on the verge of being color-blind, but I am not alone in 
>> this and I had no trouble with earlier versions of the actors!
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> 

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Matthew Brooke, Ph.D.
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University of California
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brooke at nceas.ucsb.edu
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