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

[Lee Olson]

Attached is a different approach for buttons. The first mockup shows the
regular buttons, while the second shows a hover effect in progress.

- Lee

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org>wrote:

> > 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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