Hi, those are nice changes. I also feel that a font like VeraSans
greatly improves the user experience. Looks much more
professional/fun/clear in my opinion. I speculate that people who try
out Squeak would be more positive to the system with better looking
default fonts.
Best, Micke

2007/7/9, Sebastian Sastre <ssastre at seaswork.com>:
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>
> Hi there,
>
>     I wanted to share a couple of simple and cheap customizations I've made
> on my daily Squeak image that I feel improves (phisical) ergonomy. I suggest
> those guys that make that customized images take a look and ofcourse the
> official Squeak to see if, triviality aside, this is cool enough.
>
>     To install, 1) evaluate in a workspace the code in Preferences.text
> attached file and 2) install the ListItemColorPreferences.1.cs changeset
> file.
>
>     The changeset with 2 method modifications that make the lists use the
> preferences instead of harcoded colors for highlighting. The preferences
> code is in the other attached file.
>
>     Criteria was: minimalism, a better Fitts law score and better contrast.
>
>     Minimalism. No splitter handlers and pollute the windows with scrolls
> only when rigorously necessary.
>     Fitts. Make the scrolls wider to reduce the time aiming the pointer
> device (mouse or whatever) before the click.
>     Contrast. Take care on contrast making it better for items selected in a
> list.
>
>     I encourage to use better contrast for highlighting in selected list
> items. Try to read from 1 meter of the screen with the default red over
> lightgray (low contrast) and then customize it to a better contrasted
> version. I liked the readability of cyan over dark blue but is so different
> from the main theme that I choosed a not that radical one (like the one I've
> put in the preferences file).
>
>     As developers parsing the low contrast symbols hundred of times a day
> ofen for hours at that low contrast can wastely "raise the temp of our
> graphic cards", this is, unecessary visual stress.
>
>     Who knows.. everything to save a couple of headaches :)
>
>     all the best,
>
>
>
> Sebastian Sastre
>
> PD: when I had some more time for this I plan to make a preference of
> opening menues and submenues with a click (like it is now) or only with a
> mouse over. This can save hundreds of clicks a week and so the clicker
> finger join.
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