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Originally Posted by RobTrew
Not really. Even without the yellow there are enough visual cues to make it clear which view we are looking at.
In terms of information design the yellow is redundant. The vertical yellow to white edge is the strongest visual stimulus on the page, but it certainly does not convey the central message of the page. In fact it is practically meaningless.
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What other
significant visual clues do we have besides the color of the sidebar, the state of the toolbar's Mode button, and the sidebar's content?
If we eliminate the sidebar color differentiation, and the user chooses to not display the Mode button in the toolbar (or hides the entire toolbar), all we have left is content. Am I missing something?
Depending on content alone for mode identification feels like weak design to me.