Kontact: frameless mockups

[Vlad Blanton]

On Thursday 23 February 2006 12:56 pm, Janne Ojaniemi wrote:
> I did a quick  mockup of "frameless Kontact". Note: this isn't a perfect
> mockup, the changes are not uniform throughout the screenshot, but the idea
> is that you get the idea.
>
> Anyway, here is Kontact as it is in Kubuntu using the Lipstik-style:
>
> http://www.nbl.fi/~nbl48/kontact.png
>
> And here we have the same Kontact with few modifications:
>
> http://www.nbl.fi/~nbl48/kontact2.png
>

Very Nice! It is looks a lot cleaner. Now I wonder, is it even possible?  We 
would need a coder to answer that. (are you around Aaron :)? ).

There is a clear difference (no pun) and it is easier on the eyes. I think 
that the blocks "Folder", "Unread", and "Total" in the Folders section could 
be all made a new color that would easily separates the section.  A mock-up of 
your second version with the proposed revision:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/372/kontactnobevel5tb.png


Aside from the small inconsistencies you already mentioned, its great. Oh, and 
Krita is awesome too! :)

Vlad Blanton


> Like I said, the mockup is less than perfect, with errors everywhere (for
> example, bottom-left corner of the content-area), but you get the idea.
> Notice that there are still faint frames, so they are not totally
> eliminated. There are still some frames to remove, however. Since we have
> now started to remove frames from Konqueror, what about other apps as well
> :)?
>
> BTW, I created that mockup with Krita. Nice work guys! In the past I
> created those modifications with Photoshop, but Krita absolutely kicks ass!
> Well, I did run in to one bug, which I'm planning to report to the
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