On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:37:44 -0400 Thomas Jaeger <thjae...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kenneth, > > Could you please address the issues that have been raised in bug > #532641? As far as I can tell, there are no technical reasons for > keeping the window controls at a fixed size. > > Thanks, > Tom > > On 04/05/2010 04:40 PM, Thomas Jaeger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm not sure how to get the theme developers' attention, so I'll try > > this mailing list. I feel that the new theme is a step backwards in > > terms of accessibility, making ubuntu harder to use for people with > > less-than-perfect eye sight, user of high-resolution screens and people > > who use their laptop in adverse lighting conditions (e.g. sunlight). > > > > There are two main issues with that I have with the current design of > > the theme. The first issue is the size of window decorations. When > > increasing the size of the title bar font (or the dpi settings), the > > window decorations don't scale up accordingly [1]. This makes it > > unnecessarily hard to hit the close, minimize or maximize button and > > increases the chances of hitting the wrong one. This is exacerbated by > > the fact that there is no visual indication of whether the close button > > is currently pushed down. The rationale for this is supposed to be that > > metacity doesn't support scaling buttons, but I found this not to be > > true in my own testing (see [1]). > > > > The second issue is contrast: It just doesn't make any sense to me why > > text should be gray-on-white instead of black-on-white. Having less > > contrast means you have to crank up display brightness while on battery, > > wasting precious battery life or causing more eye strain. It is quite > > shocking to me how much clearer text on the screen becomes if I adjust > > the colors so that text appears black. This might not be much of a > > concern on current monitors, which don't have to sacrifice backlight > > brightness for power consumption, but it is on most laptops. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/532641 > > It was addressed directly in the bug. -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
