On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 06:01:45PM +0400, alex stone wrote: > >> I think the colours are quite elegant. Cheerful without being aggressive. > > Not being agressive is important. You should be able to look at a > screen full of these for hours, without eye strain or getting > nervous. Correct. And as a user, it might be fair to say i spend, and have spent, more time looking at apps for prolonged periods than most devs. Saturated colours might seem a good idea at the time, but in my humble experience, it's a sure fire recipe for headaches, feelings of ill intent, bleeding eyes, the urge to decapitate something, monitor destruction, etc, when used for any length of time on a regular basis. > >> And Fons has, most importantly, refrained from using Godzilla Green, >> that terribly saturated affront to eyesight, and good taste, that some >> seem to find necessary in other apps to attempt some semblance of >> affinity with hardware equivalents. > > It's as horrible on hardware as it is on your screen (as are > most of those 'fluo' colors). But Godzilla was red IIRC (at > least on the browser icon). > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > There are three of them, and Alleline. > > So we're agreed then. Godzilla Green, Murderous Red, Roaring Yellow, and oversaturated colours in general, shall henceforth be banned from the apps in our small but enthusiastic community, in a rebellious diversion from the......'norm'. Some revolutions are useful......... :) -- www.openoctave.org midi-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx development-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
