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It looks nice, but, serious question, is there a reason why the UI in all screenshots is so dark and completely lacks contrast? I really couldn't look at black

It looks nice, but, serious question, is there a reason why the UI in all screenshots is so dark and completely lacks contrast? I really couldn't look at black text or dark blue text on a dark background all day :/ Examples of what I mean: - http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/overview1.png http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/overview1.p... - http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/pluginmenu.png http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/pluginmenu....

kyberias 11y ago
That alone makes the program entirely unusable.
SwellJoe 11y ago
I thought there was some sort of CSS overlay or something gone awry. But, seeing some of the images with the pd window being all white makes it clear that the color scheme is just ridiculous.
- ne0phyte 11y ago
  I even thought the images might be corrupted, saved them and opened them locally haha. It really is an awful colorscheme and I wonder how anyone could think that's usable.
agumonkey 11y ago
Unless they hardcoded the color scheme, this won't be an issue for long.
- ne0phyte 11y ago
  It's still weird to showcase a project with what is quite a strain to the eyes for most people.
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    Who knows, maybe the web team messed up with the image post processing step and coders aren't aware of the error yet.
- Gracana 11y ago
  Yeah, it's all editable. http://i.imgur.com/8pJMhCb.png http://i.imgur.com/8pJMhCb.png
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    Ahh, finally something tasty.
  - ne0phyte 11y ago
    Ah, nice. I was just looking through the github repo and found some config files for qt with color schemes. And yet my question stands: Why present a project like that?
    - Gracana 11y ago
      Maybe it's good for live performances in darkened nightclubs.
    - socceroos 11y ago
      Because the team is primarily developers, not designers? That's my best guess... its quite common amongst open source projects (although this is becoming increasingly rare).
      - buovjaga 11y ago
        The team is one person in this case. Project started in 1999.
  - anigbrowl 11y ago
    Ze goggles, zey do nothing!
haddr 11y ago
It's a bit like text editors before the "solarized" theme ;) Anyway looks like a good piece of software!
gosub 11y ago
I think the inspiration is the original theme of Jeskola Buzz http://cdn7.atwikiimg.com/buzzusers?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=15&file=PVST(i)_teaching2.jpg http://cdn7.atwikiimg.com/buzzusers?cmd=upload&act=open&page...
- pierrec 11y ago
  Buzz is great. It's still being developed (the core as well as dedicated plugins) and doesn't really look like this anymore, being now very themable: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=theme+site:jeskola.net https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=theme+site:jeskola.... More of a classical tracker than Radium, but it also has lots of unique features.

kyberias 11y ago

That alone makes the program entirely unusable.

SwellJoe 11y ago

I thought there was some sort of CSS overlay or something gone awry. But, seeing some of the images with the pd window being all white makes it clear that the color scheme is just ridiculous.

ne0phyte 11y ago
I even thought the images might be corrupted, saved them and opened them locally haha. It really is an awful colorscheme and I wonder how anyone could think that's usable.

agumonkey 11y ago

Unless they hardcoded the color scheme, this won't be an issue for long.

ne0phyte 11y ago
It's still weird to showcase a project with what is quite a strain to the eyes for most people.
- agumonkey 11y ago
  Who knows, maybe the web team messed up with the image post processing step and coders aren't aware of the error yet.
Gracana 11y ago
Yeah, it's all editable. http://i.imgur.com/8pJMhCb.png http://i.imgur.com/8pJMhCb.png
- agumonkey 11y ago
  Ahh, finally something tasty.
- ne0phyte 11y ago
  Ah, nice. I was just looking through the github repo and found some config files for qt with color schemes. And yet my question stands: Why present a project like that?
  - Gracana 11y ago
    Maybe it's good for live performances in darkened nightclubs.
  - socceroos 11y ago
    Because the team is primarily developers, not designers? That's my best guess... its quite common amongst open source projects (although this is becoming increasingly rare).
    - buovjaga 11y ago
      The team is one person in this case. Project started in 1999.
- anigbrowl 11y ago
  Ze goggles, zey do nothing!

haddr 11y ago

It's a bit like text editors before the "solarized" theme ;) Anyway looks like a good piece of software!

gosub 11y ago

I think the inspiration is the original theme of Jeskola Buzz http://cdn7.atwikiimg.com/buzzusers?cmd=upload&act=open&pageid=15&file=PVST(i)_teaching2.jpg http://cdn7.atwikiimg.com/buzzusers?cmd=upload&act=open&page...

pierrec 11y ago
Buzz is great. It's still being developed (the core as well as dedicated plugins) and doesn't really look like this anymore, being now very themable: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=theme+site:jeskola.net https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=theme+site:jeskola.... More of a classical tracker than Radium, but it also has lots of unique features.