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> Or is he complaining about the selected tab? I think so, yes. No borders to indicate the selected tab, no background color. It took me a while to notice the
by tuetuopay 2y ago
> Or is he complaining about the selected tab?
I think so, yes. No borders to indicate the selected tab, no background color. It took me a while to notice the selected tab is likely to be the one with the "close" cross and the 1px thin accent red above it. It is plainly bad. Oh and the text is not bold, just a bit lighter than the other tabs.
> there are competing usability concerns
This is very true, especially since the author uses red and green for ok/cancel buttons. A colorblind colleague of mine actually likes the current trend of grey-ifying stuff because there is an increased difference in luma, not only in chroma, between elements.
- ghnws 2y agoThat is some custom theme they have on their VsCode though. Not a very good example to use.
- rootusrootus 2y agoThe default theme you see on the VSCode home page is not much better.