Re: Hob 1.2 design - visuals

[Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>]

On 06/02/12 05:54, Barros Pena, Belen wrote:
>>> 3. Inherit colour scheme from applied OS theme in host computer
>> Is it to say we use the default colors from OS, and don't specify any
>> color?
>> For example, Jessica wants progress bars to be green but in Ubuntu it
>> should be orange.
>> If so, Belen, I agree with you.
>
> Yes, I think that's what Joshua recommended, and I can see why it makes
> sense. Joshua, could you confirm when you have a chance?

Indeed, that's precisely what I'm recommending. Further, when we need to 
colour a widget that isn't usually coloured in the theme (like the 
red/green colouring of build items in the hobv1) we should try and use a 
colour from the palette defined in the current theme to avoid issues 
like #1701[1][2] and another example from the wild[3][4].

I found a reasonable resource on the how and why[5].

> If we decide to implement this way, people will need to understand that
> this applies to all UI elements without exceptions. Any particular
> requests (like Jessica's) could be looked at on a case by case basis.

But should be well justified, and generated from the host theme's palette.

Cheers,
Joshua

1. http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/attachment.cgi?id=276
2. http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1701
3. http://itmages.ru/image/view/52705/9663bad0
4. http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/2483
5. http://ometer.com/gtk-colors.html
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Joshua Lock
         Yocto Project "Johannes factotum"
         Intel Open Source Technology Centre