No visual distinction between clickable and unclickable stars

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Binary package hint: software-center

Ubuntu Software Center 4.0, Ubuntu Natty

1. Navigate to the software item screen for an installed item that has ratings.
2. Choose "Write your own review".

What you see: The stars to click for rating the item look almost identical to the stars that show the average rating. (The only difference is in size -- both are far too large, but the unclickable ones are slightly larger.)

What you should see: The stars that are clickable look clickable, while the stars that aren't clickable don't.

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/keyringapp/5595178825/> shows an example of obviously clickable stars.

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Hi mpt, I'd like to revisit this bug now that we are on Precise with the new UI. Do you still see it as a problem? Now the stars are simple black borders that fill in silver when clicked, but I am not sure they yet qualify as looking "clickable".

I have a separate question that is related to this. Is there a reason why the stars in the review dialog do not become gold-coloured when clicked, to match the way the ratings look everywhere else in the app? If you agree we should change this too, please let us know that too.

Many thanks!
Gary

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

This is still a problem in 5.2. The stars in the review dialog are now dark grey, whereas the read-only stars are yellow. But that by itself doesn't convey clickable vs. unclickable to me. Only a difference in 3-D relief would do that.