Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Peter Severin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:24:00 -0000

#5 it is! I also like #9 but lets take the more conservative choice for now. It will be part of a new version that I'll release later today.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Shen Chenghao — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0000

9 is my favorite. Thanks.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Brian Bonner — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:43:00 -0000

#5 works for me.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Zovskaya — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:18:00 -0000

I vote for 5.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Rolf Kleef — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:34:00 -0000

Something like 3 or 4 (grays) would have my preference, it's neutral, does not suggest design, and works relatively well on all printers and screens.

Alternatively, I'd like to see it move into the Eclipse preferences so you can select what works for you? Or even implement a bit of house style in the sketches.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Ben Hoffstein — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:50:00 -0000

Another vote for #5, although #9 is also strangely appealing.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Marc Becker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:00 -0000

I prefer number 5.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

bgillis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0000

Oops... I'm mean "Gray" instead of "Grey" :-)

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

bgillis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:36:00 -0000

As usual you are completely right :-) My color choices are the light greys because most of the time, dark greys doesn't render very well when printed. Of course it's just my point of view ;-)

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

Peter Severin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:27:00 -0000

Thanks, bgillis! I am noting your choices down! I could certainly add a selection color preference in the future but I think it's important to have good defaults.

Re: Help me choose a better selection color

bgillis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:10:00 -0000

Colors (1) and (5) have my preference. But wouldn't be better to let the user choose the color in a new setting of WireframeSketcher preferences ?

Help me choose a better selection color

Peter Severin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:00 -0000

Hi! Please help me choose a better selection color!

Currently the light gray color is used to show the selection in widgets like List, Table and Tree. The issue with this color is that the contrast is too low and on some monitors is hard to distinguish it against the white background. I'd like to try a different color. The objective for the color to have a better contrast but still blend well with the overall wireframy style. My feeling is that a pastel color could do a good job.

To avoid theoretical discussions I've spent some time testing different colors and made a list with those that I found interesting. In 1st position is the current color. To vote for a color just link to the image in your message. You can also propose your own color.