Re: 1.2 theme properties / 2.0 default theme

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Calum Benson wrote:

> Joel Becker wrote:
> 
> >         I have a personal bias against the win9x-style radio/check
> > buttons, so I'm gonna have to prefer the ones proposed by Arlo.
> 
> Me too; Windows-style checkboxes share more visual style with a text box
> than a button, for no particular reason other than a poor design
> decision when Microsoft moved from the flat style of 3.1 to the 3D style
> of Win95, I suspect.

people with bad depth perception have trouble identifying the state
of the radio button layout we used up to 1.2. considering that, it's probably
a good idea to make them similar to text areas and indicate "checked" with
an arrow like windows does it.
making them round is a different issue though, historically, gtk proper never
dealt with roundish UI elements, and that won't change for 2.0 either.
diamond-shaped radios have always been one of the typical gtk+ marks,
so i think we'll probably end up with diamond-shaped text-area alike
radios that have a "checked" arrow.

> 
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
> 

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