New look doesn't necessary means better look
ducasse
ducasse at iam.unibe.ch
Tue Mar 9 07:40:19 UTC 2004
>> We could also change:
>> - a the size of the fonts used, or
>> - b fixed the fact when there is no icon the space between two items
>> is the same as with icons
>> - c produce smaller icons (this is easy you do not need to know how
>> to
>> program
>> just using a drawing tool)
>
> I remember that there were some discussion about this, but another
> option is to have a scalable icons.
How do we do them?
What is the format?
> A fixed size bitmaps only works
> in one size, so it may not work very well once someone change the menu
> font.
>
> Also, supplying the icons should be all or nothing; if a menu has
> icons, all items should have icons. If not, all shouldn't have.
This is not what I call incremental development given the number of
menu items
that squeak has. So with that state of mind squeak will never has icons.
>
>> MenuIcons exportAllIconsAsGif
>> Note that if you change the size or produce another set of icons, it
>> would be good to
>> introduce a mechanism to specify their size and change the size
>> depending to the font
>> size.
>
> Is it an improvement if I say let's set the #menuWithIcons false and
> put a paragraph in the welcome window or such?
Why not? I was just saying that anybody can use the icon exporters and
create new icons.
But I understand your points. ;)
Stef
> -- Yoshiki
>
>
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