[Design] [cosmo] Dashboard updates to the web UI

[Priscilla Chung]

Woops…I must have hit the 'reply' as opposed to 'reply all'. -Priscilla

On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Priscilla Chung wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> Welcome to the design list and thank you for addressing your concern.
>
> I agree the current design is very grey and we are still iterating  
> on the design. Yes, we are concerned about items looking disabled  
> and to make sure it's not hard for our users to read.
>
> More in line:
> On Apr 23, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Greg Noel wrote:
>
>> I don't object to grey as a branding color, but looking at the  
>> mockups, grey appears to be used as a font color as well.  In this  
>> case, the font for the calendar is clearly grey, and seemingly  
>> some other places as well.  This is a _BAD_ choice.
>>
>> I have poor eyesight, and I need all the help I can get to resolve  
>> text when I'm reading.  There's a reason that books are printed  
>> with solid black type on pure white background: it's the easiest  
>> to read.  Similarly, text on a screen that's meant to be read  
>> should also be BLACK (not grey) on WHITE.  (Text that's inactive  
>> is not to be read and can be greyed out, but even then it should  
>> be dark grey.)
> Part of what you're seeing is our working process and the common  
> struggling with too much information on the web UI. Using grey vs.  
> black is part of a process in figuring out which items are  
> important vs. which items need to be set back. Otherwise if all the  
> information on the page is important, then the one would never know  
> where to begin and where to end.
>
> Currently the text which are not editable are grey. Hint text in  
> text boxes such as the 'goto date' are in grey as well because once  
> the user clicks into the box, it will be replaced by what the user  
> types in (the text the user types in is in black btw.). Other items  
> which are editable will be black in the detail view.
>
> We're iterating on the dashboard text though we may see if ppl will  
> try to click on tot he dashboard since it's not editable (in line)  
> for the upcoming release. Though as I said, we'll still working out  
> the details, including font color.
>
>> I realize it's probably too late to influence this choice, but  
>> I'll hope that you keep it in mind for the next iteration.
> Nope not too late…we'll definitely keep your concern in mind. As  
> mentioned, we are still iterating so we'll keep your concerns in  
> mind as we move forward. =)
>
> Thanks, -Priscilla

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