<div dir="ltr">My few cents (replied inlined)<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 2:24 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I think I am going to defer to people who use ParaView on Mac (looking at you, Cory :) ) to investigate ways of making the UI look cleaner. Some of my misgivings with Qt-macOS style are:<div><br></div><div>1. too much padding (look at the vertical gap here)</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_15d85ce679290e38" alt="Inline image 1" width="283" height="77"> v/s <img src="cid:ii_15d85ce9e7816cb2" alt="Inline image 2" width="156" height="63"><br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The "lesser" vertical padding is welcome from a user's perspective if they belong to the same group of data. In this example, the "search box" and the "Property panel" are not grouped together in any sense. In this case, "larger vertical padding" is more user friendly (and also as per the usability standards)</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>2. misaligned buttons (just look at the padding around buttons like "X Normal, Camera Normal"<br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_15d85cef5b1e16c3" alt="Inline image 3" width="66" height="247"> v/s <img src="cid:ii_15d85cf6f1c2a7ae" alt="Inline image 4" width="72" height="283"></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The vertical alignment of the texts and the buttons are not proper. The right hand side snapshot (Fusion type) is therefore aesthetically pleasing and follows the standard usability guideline.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe there are things we can do that are less dramatic than changing the default style to clean these up.</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div>> I think we should consult with the ParaView users mailing list to get<br></div><div>> more user feedback, not just developer feedback.<br><br></div></span><div>I think we should not do this too soon. It's the whole bike-shed thing -- everyone will have an opinion on this; we need to make sure we don't open a can of worms that we cannot close :).</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Utkarsh</div></font></span></div>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In general the icons used in PV are 3D type with shades. The buttons in fusion type also has the 3D effect. Therefore, in my opinion, they goes better with the icon styles. </div><div><br></div><div>I vote for fusion type GUI for Mac.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Chiranjib</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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