[Pidgin] #7550: improve colors in plugin selection dialog

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Tue Nov 25 09:38:28 EST 2008


#7550: improve colors in plugin selection dialog
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 Reporter:  caseyho      |        Owner:              
     Type:  patch        |       Status:  new         
Milestone:               |    Component:  pidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.2        |   Resolution:              
 Keywords:  plugin menu  |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 I find all of those screenshots unpleasant to varying degrees.

 I find the Windows one unpleasant because of the lack of row rules and
 because of the incredibly high degree of contrast.

 I find the Gnome before one unpleasant because the row rule color is just
 off enough (here on my screen) to make me think my eyes are having
 problems as opposed to there being ruled lines.

 And lastly I find the Gnome after one unpleasant because the chosen color
 seems to come out of nowhere (and in fact does come out of nowhere in your
 patch, and thus will fail for dark themes) and as I commented strikes me
 as just redundant, I can't help but see the color and checkbox always
 being in sync as annoying.

 If you really want something like this I would suggest that perhaps
 dimming the text for disabled plugins might be a better idea (as it would
 be more obvious than the current situation, more appropriate as it de-
 emphasizes the items that are not of current interest, and is what Firefox
 at least seems to do).

 As a final comment, whether or not rule rows are drawn is entirely up to
 the GTK+ theme, Windows as a rule does not have them so the Windows GTK+
 theme does not draw them (other themes on Windows do, as the screenshot
 I'm going to attach in a moment will show).

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/7550#comment:6>
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