Small UI improvement

[chrillek]

I find the “Used databases” entry in the left sidebar a bit difficult

• It is grayed out, making it difficult to read.
• The right pointing bracket/arrow/whatever to open this list only appears when the cursor is hovering over the string
  
  

Everything here is consistent with the other parts of the sidebar. Which doesn’t mean that it is good. I suggest to at least make the right pointing whatever always visible to indicate that there’s something that might be opened/closed (and where to click). Discoverability!
And perhaps just put the headings in black – they are smaller already, but dark gray on light gray is more difficult to recognize than I’d like it to be (that may be age-related, though).

[cgrunenberg]

Thanks for the feedback! Actually the sidebar’s handling & appearance of sections is consistent to other apps, e.g. Mail or Finder.

[chrillek]

@cgrunenberg

Actually the sidebar’s handling & appearance of sections is consistent to other apps

True. But that doesn’t make it necessarily good Apple’s UI is, in my opinion, not the outstanding example it once was. Discoverability seems no longer to be a central concept for them.

[cgrunenberg]

@chrillek

Apple’s UI is, in my opinion, not the outstanding example it once was. Discoverability seems no longer to be a central concept for them.

Although that might be true, it’s definitely good to have consistency which especially cross-platform apps (e.g. 3D printing) are usually lacking.