[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 147954] Use a subtle gradient with darker colors for the application background (behind the page "sheets")

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147954

--- Comment #3 from Jean-François Fortin Tam <nekohayo at gmail.com> ---
Indeed, and I would have advocated for the same thing regarding the
spreadsheet's headers; I did not see value in that fake "glossy" shine effect
that was on the spreadsheet headers, because it was executed as an in-your-face
hard gloss effect and it was disturbing the ability to read the text of those
headers (through reduced contrast between the font color and the background).
Maybe if those headers had used a _subtle_ smooth gradient to give a rounded,
more "button-like" feel, I could have preferred that to fully flat, but fully
flat still works OK in that case anyway.

The proposed gradient for the application background area, however, is not the
same thing, and does not exhibit the same problem. The application background
does not have text whose legibility it could harm, is not a confined space (so
gradients have a LOT of "length" to dissipate smoothly) and it is a very large
empty area that emits a lot of light from the screen, yet from my experience
just setting it as a solid dark gray or black makes the UI look very odd and
unrefined (in part because there are no visible shadows from the page and
toolbars then). Gradients here also let you use tones of gray that are still
compatible with the notion of of page shadows emerging from them, instead of
blending into them entirely.

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