Buttons, was: About Amarok's interface design (follow up)

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

> i think they are nifty on their own. but what role do they have in amarok?
> seriously, this looks like a completely different visual style from
>  anything else in the app. I don't understand how they could fit in the
>  toolbar. furthermore, i still can't see how the <> actually means pause
>  (like ||). and what's with the pentagon? :P
> 
I agree with leo. These buttons do have a very distinct style, yet they don't 
seem to fit with either amarok or kde in general. Things like that are great 
for stylish application themes like in winamp, but not for a default look. If 
the user can't chage the look of an application, the default look should not 
be too stylized in order not to put off to many users. Probably many users 
would like these buttons but also many users would not like them at all. The 
current buttons are not really pretty but they are unobtrusive enough to not 
annoy anyone too much. I know quite some users who don't like them for being 
too "special", what would those users think about Thomas' buttons?

So: If we allow users to change theyr overall Amarok theme and ship these 
buttons with a fitting theme, all is great, but forcing all users to use 
these... no.

Regards,
Thomas

> leo
> 
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Thomas Lübking 
<thomas.luebking at web.de>wrote:
> > buttons6.png - pause compromise and - as i'm not really happy with the
> > rect -
> > a pentagon...
> >
> > Am Thursday 22 October 2009 schrieb Kevin Funk:
> > > I appreciate the work you're doing for you, Thomas.
> > > Buttons4.png is my favorite at the moment, although the pause button
> >
> > doesnt
> >
> > > really look like a pause button. I think the version from buttons3.png
> >
> > fits
> >
> > > better (less rounded).
> > >
> > > Again, great work!
> >
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