Is the problem Micro$oft or its customers?

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

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Why not do both?  By default use the M$-specified colors,  but provide 
an option for users to specify the color they want, overriding the 
specs provided by Microsoft?

That should keep both groups reasonably happy.

On Dec 22, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

>
> I've been updating WebMerge to take advantage of Rev 2.5's improved 
> support for native XP appearances -- so far not bad:
> <http://www.fourthworld.com/wincolors.jpg>
>
> As you can see in that image, WebMerge's background color is the same 
> as XP's background for the Display control panel and other UIs where a 
> tab control is behind most of the other controls.
>
> While it looks OK to me, my beta testing customers have submitted 
> reports saying the UI is "too light"; the previous version of WM used 
> the Win95 appearance with its dark, dank gray.
>
> So I have three ways to handle these reports:
>
> a) Tell them it's conformant with Micro$oft's published spec and so 
> they need to get used to it, possibly providing an email address for 
> Micro$oft's design team so they can complain directly to the source.
>
> b) Ignore Micro$oft's XP Visual Design Guidelines and use their darker 
> background color (the tan behind the tab) for the tab control itself.
>
> c) Use the Gaslight method:  Tell 'em it's actually the same but their 
> vision has changed. ;)
>
>
> I've been doing a), but as more reports come in I'm considering the 
> possibility that the enormously-well-funded-yet-still-tasteless UI 
> team at Micro$oft may have gotten it wrong; maybe that color is indeed 
> too light.
>
> So do I conform to Micro$oft and face the wrath of customers, or 
> conform to the customers and face the wrath of reviewers?
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation
>  Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site
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Frank D. Engel, Jr.  <fde101 at fjrhome.net>

$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life.
$
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