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Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 07 Jun 2015 03:55
by mickey4mice
Hello,
Given all the UI across multiple platforms are moving toward flatness, I'd like to see Label & Dupe Group coloring in XYplorer going flat as well. The gradient implementation looks rather out-of-place in Windows 8 where almost every UI element is fully flat.
Would really like to see the change in new beta asap. Thanks!
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 07 Jun 2015 06:26
by eil
side note: such thing should be active only for "proper" system versions - for me on win7 flatness is needed like third leg.
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 08 Jun 2015 03:50
by Nighted
+1 for this. Not because I'm a fan of Windows 8 themes, but because the gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see.
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 14 Jun 2015 21:17
by admin
The 3D effect here is needed to separate the groups. For a flat approach we would need either separating lines or differing colors. Or?
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 21 Jun 2015 02:56
by mickey4mice
admin wrote:The 3D effect here is needed to separate the groups. For a flat approach we would need either separating lines or differing colors. Or?
Line or maybe strips across the color, as long as they are flat.
I'm more desperate for the labels to go flat though, 3D not only looks dated, it severely limits the color option, I'm running out of easily distinguishable colors already.
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 21 Jun 2015 10:54
by admin
I'm on Windows 8.1 myself and I love flat, but I don't seem to have a lot of problems with the current look of the labels. Just to make sure we talk about the same thing, do you have a screenshot showing "gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see"?
PS: Made some experiments, and yes, looks good! I will add flatness to Dupes and Grid, and optional (with OS-dependent defaults) flatness to labels and unfocused selections.
Re: Please use Flat color for Labels & Dupe Groups
Posted: 22 Jun 2015 03:02
by mickey4mice
admin wrote:I'm on Windows 8.1 myself and I love flat, but I don't seem to have a lot of problems with the current look of the labels. Just to make sure we talk about the same thing, do you have a screenshot showing "gradient makes some color combinations of labels hard to see"?
PS: Made some experiments, and yes, looks good! I will add flatness to Dupes and Grid, and optional (with OS-dependent defaults) flatness to labels and unfocused selections.
Just installed the latest beta, BIG THANK YOU for the flat option, now I don't have any trouble recognizing 3 different shades of blues
