[squeak-dev] [ANN][Squeak-dev Images] August 2008 versions

Gary Chambers gazzaguru2 at btinternet.com
Tue Aug 5 16:26:27 UTC 2008



> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Igor
> Stasenko
> Sent: 04 August 2008 8:01 PM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] [ANN][Squeak-dev Images] August 2008 versions
> 
> 
> Some feedback on Squeak3.10.2-7179.
> 
> - fonts is ugly. The brave attempt of using subpixels is completely
> failed (IMO). I able to see the crisp colored pixels instead of smooth
> black glyphs. Lowering contrast may help.
> 
> - a thumbnail view (when hovering a mouse over a taskbar button) is
> broken - a mess of rendering artifacts.


Curious, black text seems to draw as transparent (including the bounds of the string)! Coloured text does not.


> - labels of items in Tools flap can be barely read.
> 
> I suspect all of these issues having single source - changes in fonts
> and font rendering mechanisms.
> 
> P.S. Thank you for maintaining and working on releases of dev images.
> Keep it going! :)
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
> 




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