Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Scott E. Armitage
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 5:11 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > On 27/05/10 21:51, Scott E. Armitage wrote: > Could we see some mockups with the status bar displaying outside the window >> border? I have run into this situation in Chrome on OS X and Windows before >> under certain circumstances, and

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 28/05/10 14:55, dani planas armangue wrote: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Maverick/daniel%20status%20buble?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=compact01.png > Nice signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Conscious User
> although I prefer the old version because the gradient is interesting (as a > pill) and drew attention to the user, > many of you would like to see a more compact version and flat. here it is: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Maverick/daniel%20status%20buble?action=AttachFile&do=v

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread dani planas armangue
On 28/05/10 12:09, Conscious User wrote: > >> the gradient makes him look a little (apple) that gives a professional touch. >> > The gradient is bringing back the problem of looking like an > overlay and drawing attention. Even in the thumbnails it is > clearly sticking out. > > > On 28

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 28/05/10 12:09, Conscious User wrote: > >> the gradient makes him look a little (apple) that gives a professional touch. >> > The gradient is bringing back the problem of looking like an > overlay and drawing attention. Even in the thumbnails it is > clearly sticking out. > > > Yes.

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Conscious User
> the gradient makes him look a little (apple) that gives a professional touch. The gradient is bringing back the problem of looking like an overlay and drawing attention. Even in the thumbnails it is clearly sticking out. ___ Mailing list: https://l

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread dani planas armangue
El vie, 28-05-2010 a las 10:12 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth escribió: > On 28/05/10 04:37, Scott E. Armitage wrote: > > Interaction with clicking? Oh, please, no! In fact, if your mouse > > even goes near it, it should move away or become transparent. Status > > bars are informational, not interaction

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread dani planas armangue
El vie, 28-05-2010 a las 09:01 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth escribió: > On 27/05/10 19:13, dani planas armangue wrote: > > google chrome is that is inspiration for this, but I think we will find > > yourself on our way. > > > > http://img684.imageshack.us/f/img684/1521/statusmessages.jpg > > > > in thi

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 28/05/10 04:37, Scott E. Armitage wrote: > Interaction with clicking? Oh, please, no! In fact, if your mouse even > goes near it, it should move away or become transparent. Status bars > are /informational/, not /interactional/. (Hmm, not a word, but maybe > it should be). +1 signature.asc De

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 27/05/10 21:51, Scott E. Armitage wrote: > I like them in general, but I have some reservations. > >1. They still seem pretty big (i.e. not very "tight", as Mark put > it). I already find many of the controls on those screenshots to > be quite large, and everything starts adding

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 27/05/10 19:13, dani planas armangue wrote: > google chrome is that is inspiration for this, but I think we will find > yourself on our way. > > http://img684.imageshack.us/f/img684/1521/statusmessages.jpg > > in this i add some shadow > > http://img571.imageshack.us/f/img571/2831/statusmessages

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Frederik Nnaji
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 05:37, Scott E. Armitage < launch...@scott.armitage.name> wrote: > Interaction with clicking? Oh, please, no! In fact, if your mouse even goes > near it, it should move away or become transparent. Status bars are * > informational*, not *interactional*. (Hmm, not a word, bu

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Scott E. Armitage
Interaction with clicking? Oh, please, no! In fact, if your mouse even goes near it, it should move away or become transparent. Status bars are * informational*, not *interactional*. (Hmm, not a word, but maybe it should be). -S On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > Thanks Dan

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Frederik Nnaji
Thanks Dani, beautiful action that speaks louder than words ;) Let's hear what it says: On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 22:51, Scott E. Armitage < launch...@scott.armitage.name> wrote: > I like them in general, but I have some reservations. > >1. They still seem pretty big (i.e. not very "tight", as

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Scott E. Armitage
I like them in general, but I have some reservations. 1. They still seem pretty big (i.e. not very "tight", as Mark put it). I already find many of the controls on those screenshots to be quite large, and everything starts adding up to eat up our screen space. 2. Do we need them to be

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread dani planas armangue
i create a wiki page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Maverick/daniel%20status% 20buble Daniel Planas -- ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread dani planas armangue
google chrome is that is inspiration for this, but I think we will find yourself on our way. http://img684.imageshack.us/f/img684/1521/statusmessages.jpg in this i add some shadow http://img571.imageshack.us/f/img571/2831/statusmessagesshadow.jpg Daniel.P -- __

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
It needs to be much tighter. Check out Chrome or Chromium for an example. They use a small font, the gray area is just big enough for the text, and it's tightly bound to the bottom left of the window. Mark signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread dani planas armangue
ok i made more gray and integrate with window, I have a couple of versions, what do you like? version 1: http://img210.imageshack.us/f/img210/449/statusbarmessages0.jpg http://img707.imageshack.us/f/img707/5694/statusbarmessages01.jpg version 2: http://img687.imageshack.us/f/img687/3612/statusb

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
On 27/05/10 15:09, Conscious User wrote: > Le jeudi 27 mai 2010 à 15:59 +0200, dani planas armangue a écrit : > >> much is this talking about the windicators but little or nothing about >> the replacement of a vital part as the status bar. This mcokup shows a >> banshee redesign proposed by me a

Re: [Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread Conscious User
Le jeudi 27 mai 2010 à 15:59 +0200, dani planas armangue a écrit : > much is this talking about the windicators but little or nothing about > the replacement of a vital part as the status bar. This mcokup shows a > banshee redesign proposed by me and shows the notifications of the > window (simila

[Ayatana] replace status bar mockups

2010-05-27 Thread dani planas armangue
much is this talking about the windicators but little or nothing about the replacement of a vital part as the status bar. This mcokup shows a banshee redesign proposed by me and shows the notifications of the window (similar to the notifiers bubble) normal: http://img72.imageshack.us/f/img72/449/