Making Logos panes easier to navigate

This suggestion is on the feedback page at https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-desktop-app/posts/making-logos-panes-easier-to-navigate

I just stumbled across a new utility for Macs called Haze Over. It highlights the front window by dimming other windows. The amount of tint is set by the user. Here's a quick video that shows what it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qypnWNfRTCs.

My thinking is that Logos should use something similar to highlight which panes are active. Some users have a harder time always knowing where the mouse is at any given time. Why not have the active pane change colors according to user-determined settings?

Here's my current layout:

I propose something like this, where the active pane has a different background:

The user should be able to (a) activate or deactivate at will, and (b) the tinting must be completely user-definable and not merely a handful of selections pre-determined by Logos. Using the computer's color setting panel would make the most sense.

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MJ. Smith

I find the orange line on the tab to be sufficient, but I like the suggestion when I think of UI design for everyone.

Gregory Lawhorn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234384#Comment_1234384

"What orange line?", I said to myself. I looked at Logos, and it's there! It's so tasteful and subtle that I never really noticed it before, so – for me and others like me – it kind of defeats the purpose.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234406#Comment_1234406

Yep. Tasteful UI design. I can never find it, it's so tasteful. Kind of like tabs blending into ... oh ... that's supposed to be a menu up there. It feels so subtle.

BTW, Logos already yellows some panels, whites others. More tasteful, as you try to understand the UI point.

Mike Tourangeau

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234384#Comment_1234384

I find the orange line on the tab to be sufficien

I never noticed this till now.....handy!

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234419#Comment_1234419

I have also never noticed the orange line, and would be in favor of some more obvious and fuller indication of the active panel.

Eli T. Evans

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234421#Comment_1234421

As you may have guessed, the active panel indication is "tasteful" and "subtle" on purpose. Back in L4 days, we wanted to make the UI fade back and let the content be the star. It's not usually of critical importance, by design. The fact that people have missed the orange bar without really missing it is a testament to our success! *winky face*

Nevertheless, there are plenty of good reasons why you'd want to visually follow the active panel, especially if you're working with follower-only tools like Information, or navigating by keyboard, or moving your visual focus frequently between panels and away from the screen and back. Plus, different people have different visual processing and attentional systems, too! (Ask me how I know.)

So it's definitely worthy of our consideration.

I appreciate that this is already a suggestion on Feedbear. We do look at that!

Eli T. Evans

a new utility for Macs called Haze Over

Looks neat. Thanks for bringing that to our attention!

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234421#Comment_1234421

It is consistent throughout the application. See the 3 orange lines here?

You'all need to attend/plan more liturgies. It will teach you to observe the details. [:P]

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234436#Comment_1234436

So it's definitely worthy of our consideration.

I agree. But not at the cost of the orange line which serves to show active entry in many contexts when highlighting a panel is not appropriate.

Eli Evans (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234441#Comment_1234441

not at the cost of the orange line

Yes, indeed. I'd expect louder active tab indication would be in addition to, not instead of.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234441#Comment_1234441

But not at the cost of the orange line

Not to mention the subtle but tasteful orange line that indicates which TOC entry you're on ... usually placed in a vertical location where visual searching will be required.

Gregory Lawhorn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234437#Comment_1234437

a new utility for Macs called Haze Over

Looks neat. Thanks for bringing that to our attention!

I've started using it; it's helpful sometimes, and easy to toggle on and off.

Gregory Lawhorn

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1234441#Comment_1234441

So it's definitely worthy of our consideration.

I agree. But not at the cost of the orange line which serves to show active entry in many contexts when highlighting a panel is not appropriate.

I agree. The orange line would indicate which pane/panel is active in a set, and the colored background would make it clear where the focus is for scrolling and text selection. Both working together.

Luuk Dondorp

I just stumbled across a new utility for Macs called Haze Over. It highlights the front window by dimming other windows. The amount of tint is set by the user.

I am using 'Blurred' which is free and does AFAIK the same..