[UI] UI Enhancements

[Gary Chambers]

Thanks for the feedback (was hoping for more negative-feedback,
ironically!).
Well, it has been a bit barren on the UI list recently... apparently no
concensus on the "big" changes.

Until enough feedback is available to me I'll not update (or (upgrade, as
Damien puts it) the Universe. From my point of view, the Universe release
should be expected to be geneally stable, rather than experimental.

As for eye-strain, subclassing and posting alternate themes should be
relatively simple, given the (evolving) framework... I was hoping for others
to post packages that can be optionally loaded by the end-user. The Watery
theme is rather more "fixed colour" based than the others, deliberately. It
would be simple to subclass with a different default window/button/scrollbar
colour to tone it down (don't forget to give a different name on the
class-side).

MC treats the package download as a single chunk, AFAICT... no intermediate
progress, therefore. Widgets is getting (has always been) quite a large
change.

As for MC downloasds, maybe with MC 1.5 Keith and I can work on that...
cancelling the download may be possible, integration (atomically) may not.

Gary, thanks for all of your support.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ui-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:ui-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Bill Schwab
> Sent: 01 November 2007 2:23 AM
> To: ui at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: [UI] UI Enhancements
>
>
> Gary,
>
> Impressive!  The screenshot reminds me of the menu bar.  A friend of
> mine recently bought a mac laptop, and it took some real adjustment for
> me to look at the menu.  That integration is one area where the
> native-or-bust crowd might actually have a point???  It is a minor point
> in my book, as my focus is on a Windows-Linux escape system.  You are
> doing wonders for the look and feel of Squeak.  THANKS!!!!
>
> Re Watery, I think I would like it more if it were not so uniformly
> bright.  You are probably just emulating the real thing, but some darker
> tones might cut down on eye strain?????
>
> Have we reached any consensus on MVP?  I _think_ it can be done with
> morphs serving as views to start, and then break off into other
> directions if we chose, or find it necessary.
>
> Have any Monticello experts put together a script to load the latest
> stuff?   I am almost remembering how to do so, but a blob of text in a
> workspace is calling me.  I will probably end up taking a shot at it,
> but would not be too proud to use an existing script if available.
>
> Speaking of UI and Monticello, I am bothered by Monticello's download
> behavior.  On selection, it begins lengthy downloads but gives no
> feedback or opportunity to cancel.  What do you think?  One of my
> favorite guidelines is "never punish the user."  I wish I could say I
> thought of it.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D.
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> >>> gazzaguru2 at btinternet.com 10/31/07 6:54 PM >>>
>
> 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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