On 1 February 2010 11:45, pancake <panc...@youterm.com> wrote: > Anselm R Garbe wrote: >>>> >>>> People have different taste regarding the colors, fonts, layout >>>> algorithms, shortcuts etc. >>>> >>> >>> People are retards that should get a life, and developers that can't >>> pick bearable colors should not pick colors (just ask for advice from >>> an artists as Rob did for acme and rio). Layout algorithms are more an >>> intrinsic part of the application and should not be considered 'an >>> option' (and configuring them via a .h file is plain idiotic), >>> shortcuts are part of the UI which should be sane and consistent. >>> >> >> Well if you ask artists they will come up with gradients, translucency >> and other bullshit. I think the default color scheme in dwm is great. >> > > I hate it ;) The radioactive blue and white burns my eyes. I use black, > gray and orange.
Well it is very similar to the color scheme of Norton Commander, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 and Windows XP with the classic UI. I think that blue/grey/white is the most widespread default color scheme. And following the acme approach == asking artists will always result in big arguments. I for example hate the acme or Plan 9 color scheme, it looks so 1980ish and to some extend I doubt that Rob or anyone else asked a well recognised UI designer for the color scheme. Obviously I didn't ask UI designers either, but I followed the MS scheme which did some research in this area, at least in Windows 95 for sure. Cheers, Anselm
