Re: [e4-dev] a new look for the workbench

[Susan Franklin McCourt <susan_franklin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Patrick.
Would you mind commenting in the bug? [1]
Also, just wanted to say that the mockups were created by Linda Watson from IBM. She is a visual designer working with us on the "default styling" for the e4 workbench.

susan

[1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=293481

Patrick Paulin ---01/12/2010 01:26:12 PM---Hi Susan, Thanks for creating the mockups. It's great to see some alternative looks. Here's my initial reaction.

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Hi Susan,

Thanks for creating the mockups. It's great to see some alternative looks. Here's my initial reaction.

1. I like the rounded corners and the general open feeling. I can see how this design would work well for Eclipse apps targeted at the web.

2. The flip side to this, though, is that the design introduces quite a bit of white space. I'm generally a fan of white space, but this might be too much for an IDE.

3. The design discards some boundary definition that I find helpful. Particularly in the editor tabs, where the class names all blend together.

These are just some initial reactions, and I'd be curious to hear what others think..

Regards,

--- Patrick

Patrick Paulin
Eclipse RCP/OSGi Trainer and Consultant
Modular Mind, Ltd.

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On Jan 12, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Susan Franklin McCourt wrote:

Yes, thanks, Kirill.
I must have had the wrong bug in my paste buffer. The link you posted is correct.

<graycol.gif>Kirill Grouchnikov ---01/12/2010 12:56:11 PM---Did you mean


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Did you mean

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=293481


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From: Susan Franklin McCourt <susan_franklin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: E4 Project developer mailing list <e4-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linda Watson <lindawat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 12:53:26 PM
Subject: [e4-dev] a new look for the workbench

Hi, everyone.
Just before Christmas, I posted some mockups of a new look for the workbench in this bug:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=299424

We didn't get a lot of feedback, but of course most folks were probably already on holiday when I posted the mockups, and the bug update could have gotten lost in the shuffle of large post-holiday inboxes.

I invite anyone with comments to comment in the bug. We're at a point where the visual designer will begin iterating on some of the details unless there is feedback indicating that we need to step back....

thanks,
susan

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