[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #6928: Another 'active' colour for Stack & Tile could send a better message.
- From: "Meanwhile" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:04:12 -0000
#6928: Another 'active' colour for Stack & Tile could send a better message.
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Reporter: Meanwhile | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Servers/app_server | Version: R1/alpha2
Keywords: Stack&Tile, SATDecorator | Blocked By:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
Blocking: |
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At the moment, Stack & Tile uses the red colour to indicate that a window
is at a position to automatically stack/tile. I believe green would be a
better choice:[[BR]]
To stack/tile, the user needs to perform a 'keypress & drag' combination.
This means the chance that Stacking & Tiling occurs by accident is
virtually zero. So the user is expecting something as a result of what he
consciously chose to do, and only needs a visual confirmation of it
(through colour).[[BR]]
In such a case (with that user's state of mind), a green colour would suit
better than red, since red psychologically says 'Stop', 'Look out',
'Error', 'Warning' etc.
Those are deterring (rather than confirming) messages that send the exact
opposite message of what you want to achieve.[[BR]]
I'm not saying green should definitely be it, but red is too wrong to not
correct, IMHO. And it's an easy fix ;)
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