Welcome to NeoOffice developer notes and announcements
NeoOffice
Developer notes and announcements
 
 

This website is an archive and is no longer active
NeoOffice announcements have moved to the NeoOffice News website


Support
· Forums
· NeoOffice Support
· NeoWiki


Announcements
· Twitter @NeoOffice


Downloads
· Download NeoOffice


  
NeoOffice :: View topic - Aqua suggestion
Aqua suggestion
 
   NeoOffice Forum Index -> NeoOffice Development
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
toonetown
Keymaker


Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 95
Location: Utah, USA

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:30 am    Post subject: Aqua suggestion

For the "Aquafication" of neooffice, I think it would be useful to set the default font and application background color as described at http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoOffice_Appearance_Customization

Just as a suggestion...

-Nathan
Back to top
sardisson
Town Crier
Town Crier


Joined: Feb 01, 2004
Posts: 4588

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:45 am    Post subject:

We've discussed the font issue in one of the long threads; the problem is that Lucida Grande looks really bad in most cases.

Besides that, I'm not sure how easy it is to hack default prefs. The grey color of the app (toolbars, etc.) is set according to the OS; it's just that "background well" around documents (and Wizard backgrounds that we can't change) that's still a problem.

Smokey

_________________
"[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
Back to top
pluby
The Architect
The Architect


Joined: Jun 16, 2003
Posts: 11949

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:02 pm    Post subject:

sardisson wrote:
We've discussed the font issue in one of the long threads; the problem is that Lucida Grande looks really bad in most cases.


...and trying to tackle the font issue is not something I do when my binary is shipping in only a few days.

Patrick
Back to top
OPENSTEP
The One
The One


Joined: May 25, 2003
Posts: 4752
Location: Santa Barbara, CA

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:36 pm    Post subject:

Yes, changing the font this close to release is a bad idea since that will cause a lot of the metrics for controls to change. We're still tweaking metrics and probably will need to continue to do so up until the Beta EAP release (and Final).

FWIW, OOo's control layout management is pretty bad to start with, and NWF only implemented dynamic sizing and layout for a very small subset of controls.

ed
Back to top
toonetown
Keymaker


Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 95
Location: Utah, USA

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:59 am    Post subject:

I didn't mean that it should be changed right now - I was merely suggesting that it would be nice to change at some point.

However, the arguments against it are pretty strong - it's not a big deal, it was just a brainstorm idea that I had...I didn't know that it had been discussed before.

-Nathan
Back to top
sardisson
Town Crier
Town Crier


Joined: Feb 01, 2004
Posts: 4588

PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:07 pm    Post subject:

Sorry, I didn't mean to growl, either Sad

Smokey

_________________
"[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
Back to top
jakeOSX
Ninja
Ninja


Joined: Aug 12, 2003
Posts: 1373

PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:44 am    Post subject:

what did i say about keeping smokey happy???
Back to top
toonetown
Keymaker


Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 95
Location: Utah, USA

PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:51 am    Post subject:

...if Smokey ain't happy, ain't nobody happy... ?

Smile

-Nathan
Back to top
sardisson
Town Crier
Town Crier


Joined: Feb 01, 2004
Posts: 4588

PostPosted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:58 pm    Post subject:

Well, it wasn't Nathan making me unhappy; he was just feeling the brunt of it Sad Wink
_________________
"[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
Back to top
Guest






PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:31 pm    Post subject:

One of the things that has always bugged me was how when the strip of icons ended, so did the gradient that backgrounds them. I t should be simple enough to simply change some settings to make that gradient take up the whole width of the window, instead of just behind the icons.

The other little thing that bugs me (yes, I know it's superficial) is how in every resizable window, the growbox lacks transperancy, and so appears to be in front of anything in the window (see the bottom right corner of the "help" window).
Back to top
sardisson
Town Crier
Town Crier


Joined: Feb 01, 2004
Posts: 4588

PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:33 pm    Post subject:

Those are both design flaws in OOo's Windows-oriented design—and, unfortunately, nothing that seems "simple enough" ever is in the world of OOo... Razz

Smokey

_________________
"[...] whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant." -- ovvldc and sardisson in the NeoWiki
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
   NeoOffice Forum Index -> NeoOffice Development All times are GMT - 7 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © Planamesa Inc.
NeoOffice is a registered trademark of Planamesa Inc. and may not be used without permission.
PHP-Nuke Copyright © 2005 by Francisco Burzi. This is free software, and you may redistribute it under the GPL. PHP-Nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license.