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    Is the text "Running" superfluous?

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    • marcusquinn
      marcusquinn last edited by marcusquinn

      I'm looking at all the tiles with "Running" under their main name, and wondering if that text is needed at all?

      I can see the logic for other text, like "Starting..." or "Error" - but "Running" particularly seems unnecessary to me.

      Perhaps the area could be used for a sub-text, to show when an app is running, and be replaced with "Starting..." (in yellow) or "Error" (in red) or Stopped (in grey) when the status is not Running?

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      • marcusquinn
        marcusquinn last edited by

        I bet everyone had got so used to seeing it, you hadn't thought about it - but now you see it, i bet you can't unsee it! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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        • girish
          girish Staff @marcusquinn last edited by

          @marcusquinn True ๐Ÿ˜„ It's probably redundant. I will let @nebulon decide.

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          • timconsidine
            timconsidine @marcusquinn last edited by

            @marcusquinn Interesting idea.

            I don't object to seeing 'Running' but certainly seeing "error" in red would be helpful for not responding state. Not only the red, but contrast of seeing some text for stopped or error would stand out more when all running apps have no text.

            The most useful change for me would be to use the slot for the core domain of the app in smaller font. If you have e.g. 2 x Grav installs serving blog.xxx.com and blog.yyy.com, displaying the rest of the domain name instead of hovering over them to find out would be positive. Of course display label can be used, but usually not enough space for longer core domain name in bigger font as now. Difficult to predict lengths required.

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            • robi
              robi @timconsidine last edited by

              @timconsidine the TLD part could be shortened from blog.somelongdomain.com to blog.som..ain.com

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                A Former User last edited by

                This topic in a nutshell --- much ado about nothing. Yawn!

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                • nebulon
                  nebulon Staff last edited by

                  I like the the idea, generally I am in favor of reducing visual noise, especially since the 6.3 will have an always visible cog icon in the app tile, which may or may not be kept (I will ask for feedback on this one the release is out).

                  Regarding this now, I will experiment in just not showing the Running label, but so far I would not add another label or free-text field to show instead.

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                    ccfu @nebulon last edited by

                    @nebulon Instead of a label, maybe having a coloured dot in the corner of the tile would be a good alternative for immediate recognition of the current state of the app?

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                      msbt App Dev @ccfu last edited by

                      @ccfu you should always consider people that have impaired vision (like color-blindness), not sure if screen readers can do colors ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                      • timconsidine
                        timconsidine @msbt last edited by

                        @msbt Good point.

                        The current band-wagon of 'dark themes' can sometimes be very helpful for visual impairment, but is often very difficult with trendy 'shades of grey' or poor contrast, micro-text and undecipherable micro-icons

                        I'm not significantly visually impaired, but do wear glasses, and really struggle with some sites. Obviously designed by young people with perfect sight, it seems !

                        Don't make it too small. Don't reduce colour contrast.

                        Just my2p.

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                        • robi
                          robi last edited by

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                          • scooke
                            scooke @robi last edited by

                            @robi said in Is the text "Running" superfluous?:

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                              robi @scooke last edited by

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