[Libreoffice] UX Easy Hack (ex.Grey as default color for native tables in Impress)

[Camille Moulin]

Hi All,

Any chance that someone could have a look at that?

Thanks,
Camille


On 10/12/2010 23:10, camille wrote:
> Dear LibO devs,
> 
> Please find attached a tentative patch for my own Easy Hack described
> below.
> 
> The problem :
> 
> Default color for native tables in Impress is blue. Most people I heard
> from are unhappy with it, because it doesn't match the corporate colors,
> and it's not neutral. To make it worse, if you change the color of the
> whole table (to white for instance) and insert a new line, it's blue
> again because it doesn't inherit from the row above.
> The colors are hardcoded, and, AFAIKT, can't be overriden by a
> configuration extension.
> IBM's Symphony has changed this default to white with black borders,
> which confirms my impression that there is a problem indeed with blue by
> default.
> I posted about this on OOo's UX list and didn't get any contradiction on
> topic.
> So...
> 
> My proposal: 
> Change the default color to grey .
> 
> Justification:
> Grey is more neutral than blue. So, it should create less disharmony and
> discontent. 
> It's really a minor change in the code.
> It's just a temporary solution.
> 
> Do you agree with that? 
> 
> 
> Best,
> Camille
> 
> 
> 
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