Because we could not distinguish it enough when there are many controls on the board. Exactly because color is used so sparingly makes a light blue efficient.
Any design will depend on someone's perception, but this does not mean that there cannot be reasons behind it :).
Cheers,
Doru
On 13 Jan 2011, at 13:31, Torsten Bergmann wrote:
> Tudor Girba
>> I tried to start from zero and add a new variable (e.g., color) only when I >could not distinguish something
>
> If that is true then why do you use the additional blue for activated
> buttons instead of using a gray one:
>
> lightSelectionColor
> ^ Color gray
>
> in your original theme - you can distinguish buttons already
> using the gray-style gradient (see attached example).
>
> However ... all of this is very specific to a particular persons
> view of the world. As you said you've choosen blue since it is
> the color of Moose...
>
> Bye
> T.
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