Re: [Gretl-devel] Gretl icons

Em 12 de fevereiro de 2010 Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; escreveu: Henrique said: > > > > > > I have just one more suggestion: In my humble opinion it would be > > > > > better blue .gretl icons and gray .inp icons. What do you think? > > Then Allin said: > > > > I don't really have an opinion on that -- if you'd prefer to have > > > the colors switched I can do that. > > And Henrique replied: > > > > I think the color of the session file (.gretl) icons file > > > should have more emphasis, since this type of file is (I > > > think), more often used. So, in my opinion, the .gretl icons > > > should be blue and the .inp icons should be gray. > > > > > > But this is just a matter of aesthetics, ok? ;) > > Jack says: > > > Not really. > > > > From the perspective of someone who uses icons rarely (I'm a > > shell diehard), I reckon the could be an issue of backward > > compatibility. It's not unlikely that at least some of the users > > think in terms of "blue icon does so-and-so". > > > > And by the way, I'm not quite sure the session file is what > > people click on most often. But it's just a shot in the dark, I > > don't really know. > > I'm like Jack in that I mostly work from the shell, and when I do > work with file icons I'm more often opening script files than > session files. Henrique may be right that most people use session > files more frequently; I don't know. > > Anyway, I think Patricio's suggestion of distingishing the icons > for the two types of files was a good one. And since we have a > history of using only one icon, the least disruptive/surprising > change is probably what he recommended, namely just varying the > color. Which leaves the question of which type gets to retain the > original blue. > > I don't have strong feelings on that. I guess it makes sense to > keep the original color for the file type in which users are on > average most "invested". Any more votes on this? Before too long time... I would give the blue to .gretl files and red to .inp just like Patricio suggested (on 2010/2/12): I guess script files are more important, if you have a script that's > because you plan to use that code on more than a single dataset, which is > associated with one session file. So you're more likely to be fishing for a > script than for a session file, right? Normally you should have more .gretl > than .inp files, so I'd give the red (most noticeable colour) to .inp files. > Best, Henrique _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel