[Design][Proposal] Lozenge shape

[Philippe Bossut]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> Here are 4 possibilities for Tentative (in clock-wise order, starting 
> with the Wed, 3:30PM event)
One question first: will incoming events (meeting requests received as 
emails) be displayed as Tentative events? I'm assuming they do and this 
is guiding my choice of design: incoming meeting requests need to be 
easily viewed because I have to answer them asap. If incoming events are 
not marked Tentative, well, we need a way to visualize those.
> 1. Use the old FYI: white strip, less rhythmic repetition than the 
> stripes.
>
> 2. Use a subtler version of the dots. More integrated into the 
> lozenge, but less like teeth.
Those 2 are somewhat similar. I prefer solution 2 since it grabs the 
attention better (personal opinion).
> 3. Lighten the lozenge itself. (This is problematic because Tentative 
> lozenges start to look like the lozenges of activated, but not 
> selected calendars.
Indeed...
> 4. Lighten the text and white strip. (But I wonder if this makes for 
> too many variables.)
> + FONT COLOR variables: White versus De-Saturated Lozenge Color versus 
> Saturated Lozenge Color
> + Gradient versus No Gradient
> + Solid with White outline versus Hollow with Colored outline
> This solution may take us over the tipping point into the realm of a 
> visual syntax that is too complicated to decipher.
Contrast are easily missed by most people. Also, even if you've good 
vision, bad viewing conditions (especially on a laptop) make those hard 
to see sometimes.

Cheers,
- Philippe