The problem here isn't the dark toolbar wasting space, it's just making the
space taken more apparent. The issue is the new Gnome 3 settings application
wasting space. The new toolbar is only a color; it does not take up any
additional space.
I'm in support of the dark toolbars. I think they draw
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Dark Toolbars do draw a distinction, but it is too extreme and not appropriate
for the context, especially considering that the user has to interact with the
toolbar to manager the content. It should not be cast in shadow when it is
something the user needs to interact with regularly. Thi
""" It's like keeping your tools on a workbench that is cast in shadow with
no overhead light."""
It isn't. Saying that is drawing an assumption that users can't focus on a
dark background. The color for each toolbar icon remains unchanged, and
since most of the are light colored, the dark toolbar
Yeah, the menu and toolbar are tools that act on the content. Except one is a
visual tool represented with icons and pictures, the other a written
(non-visual) tool. Dark toolbars surround the visual-tool in darkness, which is
different than surrounding the written-tool in darkness. App menus a
Please see the following picture of the Apple Ipad for an example of
"lightened" black toolbars that are not the same darkness as the OS's top panel
and represent a good design: http://i.imgur.com/cfWSy.jpg
Note that although the toolbar is technically "black" it is a "faded/lightened"
black.
Respectfully, I don't think that is good design. The gradient on the toolbar
make it seem very heavy. It draws your eye to a section of the UI that A.
isn't content, and B. doesn't do very much. And a flat toolbar would
seem disconnected and cobbled on as an add on, rather than a cohesive part
of t
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