[kepler-dev] DataSource Icon troubles

[Matthew Brooke]

 > However, in both cases, the problem might be solved by making the
 > outline of the folder a darker color

I just checked in a version with darker outlines - see what you think

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Matthew Brooke wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> m
> 
> 
> 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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