Icons above and below
Posted: 2004-09-12 07:50:36
Hi,
Nisus 2 looks promising. I have a couple aesthetic quibbles which do speak to usability.
First, the icons in the toolbar need work. They are flat and greyish and do not fit into the cocoa look and feel. NE2 should use Mail.app style icons or at least better designed ones. I end up using "Text Only" in my toolbar.
Second, the colour icons in the bottom bar are helpful but distracting. The flag icon is especially so. I use Canadian English and the red flag is garish and barely fits on the bar since it also has the letters "CSA" under the flag. (Frankly, I dislike the nationalism implied by flag icons as well but that is a different issue). I would suggest using letters to represent the language and make other icons a monochrome grey (see Omniweb 5's status bar for an example) or light blue so the eye is not drawn to the bottom of the page when writing.
Thanks,
Darryl
Nisus 2 looks promising. I have a couple aesthetic quibbles which do speak to usability.
First, the icons in the toolbar need work. They are flat and greyish and do not fit into the cocoa look and feel. NE2 should use Mail.app style icons or at least better designed ones. I end up using "Text Only" in my toolbar.
Second, the colour icons in the bottom bar are helpful but distracting. The flag icon is especially so. I use Canadian English and the red flag is garish and barely fits on the bar since it also has the letters "CSA" under the flag. (Frankly, I dislike the nationalism implied by flag icons as well but that is a different issue). I would suggest using letters to represent the language and make other icons a monochrome grey (see Omniweb 5's status bar for an example) or light blue so the eye is not drawn to the bottom of the page when writing.
Thanks,
Darryl