Some expeimental stuff on SqueakSource, version 254.
Was about time for a "Watery" theme, given Squeak's roots... Work in progress, is useable (given the framework). Will do a bit at a time, given spare time.
Feedback always appreciated.
Gary
Given a "standard" canned response from Flickr for my upload problems I've hit my webspace directly. Forgotten how painful "command-line" ftp is (not needed a usefult ftp client for a while).
Piccy of the "Watery" theme here: http://www.gazzaguru2.btinternet.co.uk/Watery.png
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Gary,
In my custom theme of Watery I change the tree icons to being that of StandardSqueak, small change, but I think it looks better. Kudos to you, excellent work as always.
Travis
Gary Chambers wrote:
Given a "standard" canned response from Flickr for my upload problems I've hit my webspace directly. Forgotten how painful "command-line" ftp is (not needed a usefult ftp client for a while).
Piccy of the "Watery" theme here: http://www.gazzaguru2.btinternet.co.uk/Watery.png
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Indeed, that'd be pretty close to the mac... :-) I'll do some "nearly-look-alikes" when I get time...
-----Original Message----- From: ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Travis Kay Sent: 01 November 2007 1:58 AM To: Squeak's User Interface Subject: Re: [UI] UI Enhancements
Gary,
In my custom theme of Watery I change the tree icons to being that of StandardSqueak, small change, but I think it looks better. Kudos to you, excellent work as always.
Travis
Gary Chambers wrote:
Given a "standard" canned response from Flickr for my upload
problems I've
hit my webspace directly. Forgotten how painful "command-line"
ftp is (not
needed a usefult ftp client for a while).
Piccy of the "Watery" theme here: http://www.gazzaguru2.btinternet.co.uk/Watery.png
...
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On 31-Oct-07, at 8:08 PM, Gary Chambers wrote:
Indeed, that'd be pretty close to the mac... :-)
There's already a Sophie derived facility for dealing with host menus on the Mac. John, enlighten the people if you would...
tim -- tim Rowledge; tim@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim Strange OpCodes: CSF: Charge to NSF
Gary,
Here is some of my feedback on the Watery theme:
1) Tree icons look better by changing the theme to use StandardSqueak, but could be made to look more like Aqua 2) Radio and Checkbox controls are a little too dark when checked, for me they don't appear to blend well with the rest of the theme 3) TaskListMorph - icons in the TaskbarMorph are very bright with shadows through the horizontal center, it makes the labels very hard to read.
Other comments in general:
1) Having theme enabled TaskbarMorphs would be nice, I tend to use images for desktop backgrounds and make the taskbar transparent - it looks better to me and gives more visible screen space when not a lot of windows are minimized (I run on an X61 Thinkpad).
2) Having theme enabled Flaps would be nice, I tend to customize these too, making them solidTab and transparent or very translucent with pop out on drag.
I think these two changes could have a large impact on the overall look of existing themes and more to come. On the feel side of things, I have some hacks around using 'sticky' menus so they wont attach to the hand - but its more of a hack. Oh, theme enabled menus would be excellent, but there is lots of refactoring to be done in this area and it isn't very trivial.
All in all, awesome work Gary.
Travis
Gary Chambers wrote:
Given a "standard" canned response from Flickr for my upload problems I've hit my webspace directly. Forgotten how painful "command-line" ftp is (not needed a usefult ftp client for a while).
Piccy of the "Watery" theme here: http://www.gazzaguru2.btinternet.co.uk/Watery.png
...
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Aye... will have a go. The Flaps may be annoying though (font changes tend to reset them)...
-----Original Message----- From: ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:ui-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Travis Kay Sent: 01 November 2007 6:42 AM To: Squeak's User Interface Subject: Re: [UI] UI Enhancements
Gary,
Here is some of my feedback on the Watery theme:
- Tree icons look better by changing the theme to use StandardSqueak,
but could be made to look more like Aqua 2) Radio and Checkbox controls are a little too dark when checked, for me they don't appear to blend well with the rest of the theme 3) TaskListMorph - icons in the TaskbarMorph are very bright with shadows through the horizontal center, it makes the labels very hard to read.
Other comments in general:
- Having theme enabled TaskbarMorphs would be nice, I tend to use
images for desktop backgrounds and make the taskbar transparent - it looks better to me and gives more visible screen space when not a lot of windows are minimized (I run on an X61 Thinkpad).
- Having theme enabled Flaps would be nice, I tend to customize these
too, making them solidTab and transparent or very translucent with pop out on drag.
I think these two changes could have a large impact on the overall look of existing themes and more to come. On the feel side of things, I have some hacks around using 'sticky' menus so they wont attach to the hand - but its more of a hack. Oh, theme enabled menus would be excellent, but there is lots of refactoring to be done in this area and it isn't very trivial.
All in all, awesome work Gary.
Travis
Gary Chambers wrote:
Given a "standard" canned response from Flickr for my upload
problems I've
hit my webspace directly. Forgotten how painful "command-line"
ftp is (not
needed a usefult ftp client for a while).
Piccy of the "Watery" theme here: http://www.gazzaguru2.btinternet.co.uk/Watery.png
...
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