[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Using "fusion" style on OsX by default

Andy Bauer andy.bauer at kitware.com
Thu Jul 27 13:44:34 EDT 2017


Yeah, I don't think we need another option for changing this.

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> Cool. Let's sleep on it for a day or two and if no new objections
> surface, we can choose to make the change. We can of course have an
> option to change it back in Settings too, but feel it might be an
> overkill since who'd actually change it.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
> wrote:
> > I agree that I like the fusion style better for the same reason as Alan.
> In
> > fact, I remember complaining several years ago about how much space was
> > introduced into the GUI during some library update or another.
> >
> >
> >
> > My only reservation is that the tighter style might be more off-putting
> to
> > new users (exaggerates the airplane-cockpit syndrome). However, the
> current
> > GUI for the Windows executable looks just as tight, and that does not
> seem
> > to be an issue. (According to download counts, windows users outnumber
> Mac
> > and Linux by a large margin.)
> >
> >
> >
> > -Ken
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Paraview-developers [mailto:paraview-developers-
> bounces at paraview.org]
> > On Behalf Of Scott, W Alan
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 11:06 AM
> > To: Bauer, Andy (External Contacts) <andy.bauer at kitware.com>; Ayachit,
> > Utkarsh (External Contacts) <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> > Cc: ParaView Developers <paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: Using "fusion" style on
> > OsX by default
> >
> >
> >
> > Assuming fusion is on the right side, I also like that better.  What is
> > important is that the fonts aren’t decreasing in size.  Ditto the
> icons.  We
> > are just tightening up empty space.
> >
> >
> >
> > My $0.02
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Paraview-developers [mailto:paraview-developers-
> bounces at paraview.org]
> > On Behalf Of Andy Bauer
> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:45 AM
> > To: Ayachit, Utkarsh (External Contacts) <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> > Cc: ParaView Developers <paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] Using "fusion" style on
> OsX by
> > default
> >
> >
> >
> > I like the Fusion style a bit better. I think it would be a good idea to
> get
> > input from somebody with poor vision.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> > <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> >
> >
> > I wanted to see what people thought about using the "fusion" style (same
> in
> > Linux) on OsX instead of the current OsX style used by Qt. Attached are
> > screenshots compare the two styles on a Mac.
> >
> >
> >
> > As you can see, "fusion" is more compact with more well aligned widgets.
> The
> > Properties panel on both has been resized horizontally so that it is as
> > minimum size possible before a horizontal scrollbar shows up. Note how
> wide
> > it has to be with macOS style as against Fusion.
> >
> >
> >
> > Utkarsh
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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