[Panel-devel] kalming kickoff

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday 12 November 2007, Robert Knight wrote:
> > though at the same time i'm not going to put up
> > kindly with svn commit revert wars.
>
> Right, and I maintain that the use of "bold" rendering to denote the
> highlighted item instead of filling the background with the normal

as i like to do productive things, i've whipped up a very hackish patch (look 
at it to see what i mean ;) that shows 4 different painting options. they will 
appear on different tabs of kickoff so you can compare them side-by-side 
quite easily. here are some screenshots for those who can't/won't compile:

http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/kickoff_snaps/bold_text_subtext_on_hover.png
http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/kickoff_snaps/box_around_text_subtext_always_showing.png
http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/kickoff_snaps/box_around_text_subtext_on_hover.png
http://bddf.ca/~aseigo/kickoff_snaps/full_dark_box_subtext_always_showing.png

i'm still not 100% happy with the margins inside the rounded box, but it's a 
bit better in the "box around text" versions. 

also, it really helps to actually try out the patch to get a good idea of each 
option since the feel during movement is a big part of it.

anyways, let's pick one of these and move on.

i really don't like what is currently in svn for any number of reasons (too 
noisy with the subtext, to dark, not enough space around items, poor colour 
contrast with icons, horrific colour clashing with usage meters ...) and am 
actually leaning towards what is seen on the Recently Used tab[1]

feedback appreciated.


[1] i've also spotted a bug in KDesktopFile there, can you see it? ;)

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