changing background (was Re: [squeak-dev] looks evolution)

Hannes Hirzel hannes.hirzel at gmail.com
Thu Apr 22 19:24:12 UTC 2010


The fact that we are talking about this background issue shows that
the whole sitatuation is pretty relaxed .....

The 4.1 release is really a milestone!

Hannes

On 4/22/10, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com> wrote:
> Easy to do. Check out
>
> TheWorldMainDockingBar>>extrasMenuOn:
>
> and
>
> Form class>openAsBackground:
>
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Hannes Hirzel
> <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 4/22/10, Michael Haupt <mhaupt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 4.1 looks "different" anyway.
>> >
>> >> I think the face-lifting brought some energy to the end of the 4.1
>> >> release, and people seem to be energized by new eye-candy..
>> >
>> > But don't you think the eye-candy that energized people is in other
>> > places than the background? What I really like about the GUI
>> > enhancements is the slick buttons, title bar sizes, and window
>> > colouring. That's what people *work* with.
>> >
>> > Hm. In the end, I realise I really don't care about the background. I
>> > remove it and get to work. :-)
>> >
>> +1
>>
>> I like in fact that Squeak comes with an uncluttered workspace. Like a
>> sheet of paper with which you can work...
>>
>> But what I would like to see is a menu entry in the 'Extras' menu
>> 'Change background'
>>
>> Then people can change it to something _they_ like an feel at home
>> immediately.
>>
>> Hannes
>>
>>
>



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