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Adding more contrast/color to the sidebar icons. #239

Open youbzh opened 11 months ago

youbzh commented 11 months ago

I'm starting to use Station and really love it, thanks! However I find the sidebar very unusable at the moment. The contrast for icons that are not active makes them difficult to differentiate from another:

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I'd suggest two options (with quick and dirty previews ^^) • making the contrast higher : darker blue background and brighter/whiter symbol

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• or having colored icons for each app, and making the active app's icon bigger, or circled with a thicker white line to differentiate it

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Thanks for your attention

viktor44 commented 9 months ago

I'm not an expert in design, but I think that such a color solution was made by purpose. The Sidebar should't distract you. That's why it doesn't look like rainbow.

We can think about introducing color themes so you can choose the scheme you like.

razzamatazm commented 7 months ago

Bumping this. Sidebar shouldn't be distracting, but should be usable without a magnifying glass. Icons are iconic for a reason. I recognize logos from a mile away!

Color would make this super helpful!

2ge commented 4 months ago

hi, I am moving out from Ferdium, Station looks like good alternative, but this is exactly issue what I have - I need to have color icons. Now I dont know which app is which one, with color icons I can be 2-3 times faster between switching applications. Please add it.