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

Casey Ransberger casey.obrien.r at gmail.com
Thu Apr 22 19:18:23 UTC 2010


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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