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WHATS WITH THE DOTS !!!!
logged in this morning and noticed a bunch of coloured dots on my order list . Ugly . Learnt along time ago its safer to actually read the colour name rather than rely on the colour image , not good if your eyes are old . i say no non nien to the dots ..
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I don't like the dots!
I would not choose to show them as is, but see the value in the option.
It made picking orders much easier, could you make it selectable option then?
Perhaps if the color dots or what have you, had there own column, so they didn't sit right next to or on the image…
worst thing is I haven't yet picked the huge lot # order I got last night - where they WOULD have been REALLY useful!
Graham
Where the colors of parts image in MSG rendered as every possible shade from white to black the "dots" rendered the same, which was perfect!
When the original discussion was posted, I was imagining a colored block in a Color column all its own. It would take a bit more ink, but if it was optional, shouldn't be too much backlash.
Melissa
I don't trust my eyes, my lighting, my printer, nor my laptop to correctly render Lego element colors.
...some day I'm going to get one of those Pantone boxes the paint stores use...
The problem is with the difference in color of the same color - by that I mean MSG often does not look MSG, instead it may look DSG or even white (I just caught that before packing this AM - a MSG tile "looks" white).
Now when you have a large lot # order of mixed Black/MSG/DSG and White and they **look** the wrong color is where the problem is, I had one the other day when the dots were present it was much MUCH easier to pick correctly.
The answer is a "color" column with a dot or maybe a square or maybe even an outline of a 1 stud Brick, filled with the same shade and color.
This isn't for Pantone accuracy - it IS for uniformity - it does not matter what shade your printer prints, your monitor renders or even what you see - you know what it is and see the same shade in the "color column" = same color.
It improves the speed and accuracy in picking orders, and only needs to be in the "picking" view.
Would having an on/off button have that much of an impact on Brickowl usability or "confusion"?
BrickOwl is already totally different from Bricklink in form and function
To those that only "read the color" rather than look at the picture - why do we have a picture then?
From that, another option would be to remove ALL color from parts and just show a uniform monochrome outline, but that would really slow down picking orders.
Agree with this and the way Bart described it in the other thread for aesthetics.
I don't print off picking lists so none of that angle is relevant to me.
Redundancy improves comprehension. Color+words is better then either alone.
It's why stop signs are red and also say STOP.
Problem is when colors vary widely (are incorrect) in the picture of a part, especially the monochrome (ish) colors the grays more specifically...