On 21 Jul 2015 at 21:36, David T. Lewis wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 08:02:16PM -0500, Chris Muller wrote:
> > The look and preferences of 4.6 were set up by Marcel and (I
> think)
> > others at HPI.  Marcel made tremendous contributions to the IDE of
> 4.6
> > and so it makes sense to let him finish his vision of what the
> release
> > IDE should look and feel like.  As a whole, Squeak is a
> successful
> > example of design by committee, but an IDE's look and feel, like
> a
> > piece of art, can benefit from being designed by a few or single
> mind
> > due to the more cohesive vision of all the components.
> 
> Excellent summary, and FWIW I agree. Marcel also provided
> justification
> for this based on the reactions of many new users to the Squeak
> image.
> Even though I do not personally like the grey look, I recognize that
> the
> initial reaction of new users on first exposure to the release image
> is
> more important than my personal preference.
> 
> > 
> > I certainly won't be running with gray windows -- it provides way
> too
> > little delineation of background windows, leaving me with only
> the
> > window position and its symbology (letters) for identification.
> 
> Me too. I think we should have a wiki page for "top 10 horrible
> preferences and how to make them go away".
> 

+1

 - Dan