Scott Wallace wrote:
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> At 1:05 AM -0400 4/19/02, Doug Way wrote:
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> >One way to mitigate the color overload somewhat would be to change
> >the window pane background colors back to white, so that only the
> >borders are colored.  This would be easy to do in time for 3.2,
> >whereas something more drastic such as a little colored icon/area
> >may require more thought (and may not reach agreement in time ;) ).
> >The white background could actually be a preference, turned on by
> >default.  (Maybe I'll take a quick hack at this.)
> 
> How does this suggestion differ from Andreas's "alternativeWindowLook?"

Sorry, I should have mentioned that my above description assumes that alternativeWindowLook is turned on (which is the default).

But anyway, with alternativeWindowLook turned on and the default bright color scheme enabled, the list pane and text pane background colors are *not* currently white.  They're actually very pale versions of the border color.  They may look white on an LCD screen, though, since they tend to have poor color rendering in the lighter tones.  On a decent CRT screen you can definitely see the color.

Anyway, I don't think the very pale background color is really necessary... it results in poorer contrast, and it's kind of an overload of one color, since you already have the colored titlebar, borders, scrollbars, etc.  A white background would be preferable as a default, I'd say.  But we could have a preference for those who like the matching pale background color.

- Doug Way
  dway at riskmetrics.com