Hi Tobias, I like the simple, functional design of this. Do you know, has what the toolbox would become, already been resolved? I notice this does not seem to concern people presently. On Feb 8, 2008 9:01 AM, Tobias Jakobs <tobias.jakobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 05.02.2008, 11:26 +0100 schrieb peter sikking: > > GIMPsters, > > > > Let me state that I wrote my first email in this thread because (yes) > > I am struggling what to put there. It is easy for me to make the > > list of gimmicks that not should go in there. Every on of those > > sucks so much... But what is left? The window needs to be there, > > already outlined above the functions it does. So instead of just > > plain bgcolor, let's do something a bit more stylish, without > > drawing any attention to it. > > > I thought about it and I created this mock-up: > http://hagemaenner.de/stuff/gimp/PlanB/6.png > > The idea is to use a simple radial gradient from the upper left corner > to the lower right. (This should be switched for RTL languages.) > > The gradient colours are calculated from the "selected forecolour" from > the GTK theme. This way it fits nicely into every desktop environment. > > In the center of the area I've added a simpel text "Drop Images here to > open them." (Perhaps a native speaker should change the wording.) > This is NOT the "Tip of the Day" and should NOT change. > The colour of the text is the brightest colour from the gradient. This > will give us a nice contrast and it will fit to the theme colours. > > > >> the slider is a dead serious key in the whole experience. to > > >> seamlessly > > >> track the mood of users over a a working day (or a hobby night) is > > >> worth gold in user interaction. > > > > > > Would you please care to explain this? > > > > I am going to let the slider rest until the window content is sorted > > out. > > Then redesign the whole package so it all fits together... > > > I don't get you slider idea. But if you think about a small timewaster > what do you think about adding a colour slider to my mock-up? > > Regards, > Tobias > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
