Re: cosmetic patches for gui

[Ingolf Jandt]

On 2007-01-24 14:04:55 +0100 Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:

> Ingolf Jandt schrieb:
> > There are some ugly boxes around texts when windowBackgroundColor !=
> > controlBackgroundColor. The following (trivial) changes make them
> > disappear.
> >
> > <NSTabView.m.diff><NSTabViewItem.m.diff> -- draw tab background with
> > window background color
> > <NSAlert.m.diff> -- draw message text background with window 
> > background
> > color
> Could you please explain, why you think these changes are correct? All
> these elements could be viewed as controls, so drawing them with the
> standard control colour does have a point ...
One can little argue against the philosophical point that textfields 
are controlls even if they are only used for display. However I don't 
consent with the underlying assumption that color settings are there 
to illustrate to the user the technical details of the environment he 
is using. At least other UIs allow text lables and tab headers to have 
a different color then buttons and to blend with the rest of the 
window.

If you see this different further explaning or trying to convince you 
as we just seem to have different yardsticks.

> I understand that when ever
> the window background colour is different from the control colour they
> will stand out, but so will any other control.
No, these are the only issues, according to my observation. (Your last 
clause seems to imply that the user is not meant to adjust the colors 
differently -- but there are two destinct methods/settings.)

Ingolf