uglyfied odb editor web page

[dd1]

The odb editor web page in mhttpd was recently uglified:

1) the names of ODB entries are no longer striped, but the values are, creating odd visual effects. 2) the values are now centered on the page, creating odd visual effects if there is a combination of very short values ("y"/"n" and very long values, i.e. the default value of "/experiment/menu buttons".

I vote that these changes be reverted and the appearence of the ODB editor be made closer to the traditional appearance in the "old midas" where the values were left-aligned. The "old midas" used a heavy table grid instead of striping, so I guess we can try a light grid (as is done now for the entry names) or the striping (as is done now for the values), but I do not like the visual appearance of the combination of the two. Let's try just one of them.

K.O.

[Stefan Ritt]

I agree that values should be left aligned. I changed that. Concerning the striping, we had the problem that the values were striped even/odd and the keys were also striped, but inconsistently. I tried to stripe the keys in the same way, but it looked really ugly, so I came up with the present scheme. Here is the direct comparison:

In the new scheme you see better what belongs to "Output" and what belongs to "Test".

Now one can argue forever about colors, borders etc.. Ask five people and get six answers. But this is now all in the midas.css file. Everybody should feel free to make his/her own style sheet according to the personal taste. If you come up however with a scheme which everybody likes better, I'm more than happy to put it in. The "old midas" grid has been dropped by Bill, and I believe he had a good reason for this.

/Stefan

[dd1]

Yes, right - I now remember the problem with inconsistent striping. The current layout looks okey - it is similar to "old midas", but with the "heavy grid" "lightened" severely. K.O.

[dd1]

Now one can argue forever about colors, borders etc... If you come up however with a scheme which everybody likes better, I'm more than happy to put it in ...

I know this project is not a democracy, but still, I would like to point out an odd feature of your argument: if it's my change, everybody has to agree, if it's Bill's change, my agreement is not necessary.

My approach to resolving this is simple - "new midas" should look like "old midas", unless there is an obvious improvement (i.e. the "tabbed" window layout)

K.O.