Hi John
I don't think I will be making the call on whether my (and Ben's) LookEnhancements will go into 3.9. There was some interest in that topic a month ago or so, but it seems to have died down.
I've been using your LookEnhancements quite a lot and I really think it's an enhancement (at least from what I see visually) over what is the standard look.
Of course, there are some things that I'd like to be improved as well, like the different shapes of buttons that I really think should be unified (I remember three different ones). Or, for example the icons in the title bar of the windows could be improved. I'd also make the title bar of the windows a bit less high...
I don't know if other people hate this look enhancements and would object to making them default, but I'd definitely like to see them in...
Thanks for your work,
Adrian
I pretty much don't care if it isn't included since I will just keep maintaining the enhancements and applying to future editions of squeak as an add-on. I would certainly welcome the incorporation into Squeak, but then I might lose control over the enhancements if that happens. Anyways, if you are interested, I know the enhancements work in 3.9.
I'll look over your proposed enhancements and consider them for inclusion in the code. Thanks for your nice words and proposed enhancements!
Regards,
John
On 7/20/05, Chris Muller chris@funkyobjects.org wrote: Hello, I wanted to you let you I really like your LookEnhancements. Quite gorgeous. Is this going into 3.9?
I wanted to share an additional enhancement I made today. After loading LookEnhancements 6-31 from SqueakMap, I added a new preference to windows category called "inverteBright". It inverts the brightness, using white text on dark or black backgrounds.
Here is a screenshot.
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5729
Also note the other minor enhancement. The list-selections match the textHighlightColor, even in the Explorer view..
When day returns, the normal bright view is mostly unaffected. Should you wish to download and try it out:
http://map1.squeakfoundation.org/sm/account/package/ 5c9346cf-9f4e-4b38-af2b-7f218280e576
Would you be interested in absorbing this into LookEnhancements?
Cheers, Chris
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