[thelist] Color Chooser Review

[Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov]

Josh,

Some suggestions:

* The "color wheel" from which users picks their color(s) is very attractive
and clever, but it is also a little confusing; I suspect that many users
will not notice how you have organized it and resort to having to hunt for
the colors they want. You might want organize the colors in a more familiar
way.

Another posted suggested using RGB sliders, which I think is a good idea if
your audience is only Web heads who know how to blend RGB colors but a bad
idea if you are trying to reach a general audience.

* It would be _really_ nice to have some kind of real-time preview. Maybe an
iframe with a sample page, maybe a DIV with JavaScript to change its colors
dynamically? I want instant gratification.

Jonathan.


-----Original Message-----
From: Feingold Josh S [mailto:Josh.S.Feingold at irs.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 6:31 AM
To: 'thelist at lists.evolt.org'
Subject: [thelist] Color Chooser Review

I created a color chooser that allows you to compare colors in a more
realistic way (via a sample web page).

It is located online at:

http://www23.brinkster.com/feingold/color/colors.asp

Would you please take a look at it and comments on its functionality?  What
is it missing to make it a more useful tool, etc.

Please note that the "Save" and "Reset" buttons, are not yet functional.
However, the main page works well, I think.