[LAU] Some new things to play with

[alex stone]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:36 PM,  <fons at kokkinizita.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 06:01:45PM +0400, alex stone wrote:
>
>> I think the colours are quite elegant. Cheerful without being aggressive.
>
> Not being agressive is important. You should be able to look at a
> screen full of these for hours, without eye strain or getting
> nervous.

Correct. And as a user, it might be fair to say i spend, and have
spent, more time looking at apps for prolonged periods than most devs.
Saturated colours might seem a good idea at the time, but in my humble
experience, it's a sure fire recipe for headaches, feelings of ill
intent, bleeding eyes, the urge to decapitate something, monitor
destruction, etc,  when used for any length of time on a regular
basis.


>
>> And Fons has, most importantly, refrained from using Godzilla Green,
>> that terribly saturated affront to eyesight, and good taste, that some
>> seem to find necessary in other apps to attempt some semblance of
>> affinity with hardware equivalents.
>
> It's as horrible on hardware as it is on your screen (as are
> most of those 'fluo' colors). But Godzilla was red IIRC (at
> least on the browser icon).
>
> Ciao,
>
> --
> FA
>
> There are three of them, and Alleline.
>
>

So we're agreed then. Godzilla Green, Murderous Red, Roaring Yellow,
and oversaturated colours in general, shall henceforth be banned from
the apps in our small but enthusiastic community, in a rebellious
diversion from the......'norm'.

Some revolutions are useful.........

:)

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