Originally
posted by
Jim Sachs:
Here's the basic plan for the background color interface. There will be six color-sets (top and bottom colors) available. The user can activate one or more of these. When you click on any of the color swatches, you can adjust the color with a set of RGB sliders, or type the numbers in manually.
Each color-set has a timer field. If "Change Colors Automatically" is check-marked, the system will display each color set for the chosen amount of time, then fade to the next.
If you hadn't already considered it, I'd like to make a suggestion. Pre populate the color fields with a series of colors from light shades, to dark shades and back to light shades. Something like:
That way, even neophytes could approximate the V2 day/night cycling by simply checking the Change Colors Automatically without having to learn anything about creating colors from numbers.
A third "Defaults" button next to the OK & Cancel buttons to return everything to its original setting would also be a nice touch.
Just my $0.02 worth....