Re: [Audacity-quality] Sync-lock-look
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From: Steve t. F. <ste...@gm...> - 2010-09-13 16:15:20
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Gale Andrews <ga...@au...> wrote: > > | From David Bailes <drb...@go...> > | Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:54:38 +0100 > | Subject: [Audacity-quality] Sync-lock-look >> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Vaughan Johnson >> <va...@au...> wrote: >> > >> > Please, David and Gale, check the latest. >> >> re the mute and solo buttons, I think it would be a bit clearer that >> they were buttons if there were horizontal grey lines immediately >> above and below them, as in the edit toolbar. With no difference in >> color betweent the buttons and the background, the current edges have >> fairly low contrast. > > Wouldn't it be better if we could put the dark border back (so affecting > the track menu button and minimise button too), but with a rather > lighter colour? I agree, something akin to the contrast the Edit Toolbar > buttons have would be good. > > >> re the clock icon in the track panel. It has slightly low contrast, a >> bit more pitch black might be helpful. > > I like the look of the icon in the Track Panel. It doesn't seem quite correct > in the waveform yet. As well as it being slightly low contrast, the "rim" > that surrounds the clock "looks" thicker than (but lighter than) the clock > itself. The rim seems thicker at the bottom too (it appears to have light > grey shading in the bottom half of the clock face on my monitor). > > The clock tiles also looks a bit like a letter V in a circle. Maybe it would > be a bit better if the "time" was closer to a quarter to two? It looks a > bit like "five to" in the tiles and "ten to" in the Track Panel - is it an > illusion? > > So for me, more space between the clock tiles, with a slightly, darker > thinner rim would help. > > > Thanks, > > > > Gale > The link icon on track panel is clearly not a button now (which is good), and I like that you can click on it to select the track when the track is collapsed. However when SyncLock is off and the track is minimised, there is a tiny sliver between the track name and the expand button, which if clicked on with the accuracy of a surgeon it is possible to select the track without expanding it. My preference would be that when SyncLock is off, the track icon disappears but the track expand button does not grow to fill the space, but that the space remains empty, leaving a space that the user can click on when the track is minimised. Regarding the icon / tiles, I'm not overly concerned about what the graphic is, but using a literal representation of a clock would tend to invite the question of whether there is any significance to 1:55. As it represents "synchronization" rather than "time", perhaps something a bit less literal would convey the meaning more clearly, for example:http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=synchronize&tbs=isch:1,isz:i&biw=1366&bih=549 Steve |