Shape-based outline vs. text-based outline, which is better?

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Posted by Edwin Yip
Apr 18, 2010 at 08:58 AM

Hi,

This question is a little hard to describe for, so let’s see the screenshots below, the first one is the “text-based outline” I call and the second one is how it look like after applying the visual style (each node in the outline looks like a shape), some told me that the shape-based outline looks a little cluttered, some else seem like it, what do you think?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Text-based-outline:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/367923/file-hosting/wo/screenshots/beta2/projectinbox.png

Shape-based outline:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/367923/file-hosting/wo/screenshots/newoutlinevisualstyle.png

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Edwin Yip
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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Apr 18, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Edwin,

I get a page saying that the page I’m looking for can’t be found when I click on either of those links.

Steve

Posted by Edwin Yip
Apr 18, 2010 at 11:41 AM

Sorry, the links are broken, please try these:

Text-based-outline:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/367923/file-hosting/wo/screenshots/beta2/project%20inbox.png

Shape-based outline:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/367923/file-hosting/wo/screenshots/new%20outline%20visual%20style.png

Posted by Franz Grieser
Apr 18, 2010 at 12:10 PM

Hi Edwin.

I prefer the “text-based” look. The “shape-based” style looks nicer but adds more noise to the screen.

Franz

Posted by Chris Thompson
Apr 18, 2010 at 03:08 PM

The text-based outline looks a lot better and is more readable IMHO. If your goal is to enhance readability rather than purposeless visual pizazz, you might consider shading the background of every second line of the text-based outline with a very light shade of color.

That said, the shape-based outline looks more like how Word 2010 does things.

—Chris

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