Ver 3 Weaker graphic design distracts

[Curtis Clifton]

On Jan 7, 2005, at 10:26 AM, sophos at mailcan.com wrote:

> I think at least some of the cognitive interference problems would go 
> away if the highlighting was used only for mouse selections and not 
> for the current text insertion point.  We are all familiar with 
> keeping track of the cursor. Removing the extra highlighting (or 
> making it optional) would lessen the visual distinction between what I 
> am typing now and what I might be reading for reference while I am 
> typing.

I'm among those that prefer OO3 to OO2, but I would agree with sophos's 
suggestion.  Also, in a multi-row selection would it look better if 
contiguous rows at the same level were highlighted with a single 
rounded rectangle, instead of one rounded rectangle per row.  (Though 
as a programmer, I imagine that would wreck havoc on the underlying 
architecture.  But then, I'm just imagining how I would implement the 
current behavior.)

Curt

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Curtis Clifton, PhD Candidate
Dept. of Computer Science, Iowa State University
http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~cclifton