On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 5:12 AM, Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> wrote:
> On Friday, October 22, 2010 23:34:16 todd rme wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> wrote: > > > On Friday, October 22, 2010 22:35:16 Sebastian Kügler wrote: > > >> > Is there any way to make it so themes can specify whether it > embossed, > > >> > sunken, or flush? Some themes, like ASCII or ghost, would probably > > >> > look better without the effect. > > >> > > >> Hm, yes probably. > > > > > > And with "yes probably", I mean that some themes might look better > > > without it, but I'd rather have the default case done well and it look > > > slightly alien on flat themes, than having it too flat in the default > > > just so it looks good in ASCII -- optimize for the current case (in our > > > case, the default). I think the ASCII theme, and other very flat ones > > > are kind of corner cases. > > > > > > Doesn't mean it should be overdone, or that we can just ignore those > > > themes, just that getting it better in the default theme is paramount. > > > > I agree completely, that's why I suggested themes be able to specify > > whether they want it or not (and whether it is embossed or recessed). > > That way you can focus your attention on getting it working well for > > the default themes, and in the rare cases where it makes things worse > > the responsibility is on the theme developer to disable it. For > > legacy themes I agree the default should be to have it. Just looking > > through the themes I only see a handful that I think this might look > > worse on. > > Interestingly, the way the human brain interprets it on or the other way. > "Normal" people will see a dark backdrop as a shadow, while seeing a light > backdrop as embossed. Schizophrenic people apparently do not make this > translation. Shadows are a common equivalent in nature for this, they're > dark. > Text with light backdrop will appear embossed or recessed depending on how > the > shadows of surrounding objects look like -- it's seen in context. > > Here's an interesting article on how the human brain interprets convex and > concave shapes when viewed on 2d surfaces: > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/schizoillusion/ > -- > sebas > > http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 > _______________________________________________ > Plasma-devel mailing list > Plasma-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel > Hi, Doesn't look that good on mine http://imagebin.ca/view/y8OxF3.html . The readability varies from wallpaper to wallpaper, and it looks a bit odd when date is on. -- Shantanu Tushar (UTC +0530) http://www.shantanutushar.com
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