Text color vs. icons (was: KColor is coming this Monday...)

Matt Rogers wrote:
> What's wrong with icons next to the items? Why do we
have to color the whole 
> line? (and take that particular part of the discussion
back to 
> kdevelop-devel)

...the full line of color (assuming the color is legible) is
much easier 
to distinguish than just an icon, which translates into less
time 
staring at the screen before your brain figures out what it
needs to be 
focusing on. At least that's my thought.

-- 
Mathew
(sorry, .sig file is on the other computer)


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On 26.05.07 11:35:50, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Matt Rogers wrote:
> > What's wrong with icons next to the items? Why do
we have to color the whole 
> > line? (and take that particular part of the
discussion back to 
> > kdevelop-devel)
> 
> ...the full line of color (assuming the color is
legible) is much easier 
> to distinguish than just an icon, which translates into
less time 
> staring at the screen before your brain figures out
what it needs to be 
> focusing on. At least that's my thought.

I'm seconding Matthew here, a 8x8 pixel icon is nearly
invisible on
larger output that "fly's" by, while a colored
line is pretty visible
even in that case (at least thats my private experience).

Also I think (just think, no numbers) providing an icon for
each error
line might cause some serious slowdowns in the outputview if
you have
for example C++ template errors or other things where a few
hundred
error lines are created.

Andreas

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