Announcing UILooks-MacOSX107: Look and feel for OS X >= 10.7

> Hi,
>
>
> We've just published UILooks-MacOSX107, which updates the VW 7.* Mac OS X
> look and feel to match the OS X widgets from after the dropping of the  
> aqua
> blue in 10.7 up to 10.10. There's also UILooks-MacOSX106, which updates  
> the
> Mac OSX look and feel to match Snow Leopard 10.6, e.g. no pinstripes (a
> change that VW itself made after 7.7.1). Most of this is the work of
> MetaCase's Risto Pohjonen, but we're releasing it under the MIT license  
> in
> case it's useful to others who are unable to upgrade to VW 8. It also  
> solves
> the problem of VW running on Retina screens (it doesn't use any bitmaps,
> which the VM incorrectly scales twice).
>
>
> Attached is the difference between 7.7.1 base and with UILooks-MacOSX107
> (plus MEMacOSXFont, MEMacOSXLucidaGrande, and Windows7LookPolicy for the  
> tree
> view). Note the stretched top-left of buttons and scrollbars in the base,
> caused by incorrect bitmap scaling under Retina.
>
>
> The current version is for 7.7.1. The VW Mac tab control changed
> significantly in 7.9, so that would need redoing - feel free to publish a
> (7.9).* branch if you want to try that.
>
>
> Together with Holger Kleinsorgen's marvellous Windows7LookPolicy and
> Windows8LookPolicy, we find we have better native UI fidelity and  
> performance
> in 7.x than with UISkinning in 8.x. Many of our Linux users also  
> appreciate
> being able to choose the Mac look.
>
>
> Share and enjoy,
>
> Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
> Behalf Of Steffen Märcker
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 7:54 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [vwnc] Announcing UILooks-MacOSX107: Look and feel for OS
> X >= 10.7
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I've just tried to give it a try on vw 7.10.1 but unfortunately it does
> not work. Firstly, there apperas to be an unloadable definition for the
> prereq UILooks-MacOSX106. And secondly a bunch of exception pops up if
> I
> try to select the theme in the UI settings dropdown. Do you have any
> insights on this? Having sharp text on my MBP would be just great.
>
> Best, Steffen
>
> Am .06.2015, 19:54 Uhr, schrieb Steven Kelly <[hidden email]>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > We've just published UILooks-MacOSX107, which updates the VW 7.* Mac
> OS X
> > look and feel to match the OS X widgets from after the dropping of
> the
> > aqua
> > blue in 10.7 up to 10.10. There's also UILooks-MacOSX106, which
> updates
> > the
> > Mac OSX look and feel to match Snow Leopard 10.6, e.g. no pinstripes
> (a
> > change that VW itself made after 7.7.1). Most of this is the work of
> > MetaCase's Risto Pohjonen, but we're releasing it under the MIT
> license
> > in
> > case it's useful to others who are unable to upgrade to VW 8. It also
> > solves
> > the problem of VW running on Retina screens (it doesn't use any
> bitmaps,
> > which the VM incorrectly scales twice).
> >
> >
> > Attached is the difference between 7.7.1 base and with UILooks-
> MacOSX107
> > (plus MEMacOSXFont, MEMacOSXLucidaGrande, and Windows7LookPolicy for
> the
> > tree
> > view). Note the stretched top-left of buttons and scrollbars in the
> base,
> > caused by incorrect bitmap scaling under Retina.
> >
> >
> > The current version is for 7.7.1. The VW Mac tab control changed
> > significantly in 7.9, so that would need redoing - feel free to
> publish a
> > (7.9).* branch if you want to try that.
> >
> >
> > Together with Holger Kleinsorgen's marvellous Windows7LookPolicy and
> > Windows8LookPolicy, we find we have better native UI fidelity and
> > performance
> > in 7.x than with UISkinning in 8.x. Many of our Linux users also
> > appreciate
> > being able to choose the Mac look.
> >
> >
> > Share and enjoy,
> >
> > Steve
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> Hi Steffen,
>
> Please see the part of the message:
>> The current version is for 7.7.1. The VW Mac tab control changed
>> significantly in 7.9, so that would need redoing - feel free to publish  
>> a
>> (7.9).* branch if you want to try that.
>
> All the best,
> Steve
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On
>> Behalf Of Steffen Märcker
>> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 7:54 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: [vwnc] Announcing UILooks-MacOSX107: Look and feel for OS
>> X >= 10.7
>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> I've just tried to give it a try on vw 7.10.1 but unfortunately it does
>> not work. Firstly, there apperas to be an unloadable definition for the
>> prereq UILooks-MacOSX106. And secondly a bunch of exception pops up if
>> I
>> try to select the theme in the UI settings dropdown. Do you have any
>> insights on this? Having sharp text on my MBP would be just great.
>>
>> Best, Steffen
>>
>> Am .06.2015, 19:54 Uhr, schrieb Steven Kelly <[hidden email]>:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > We've just published UILooks-MacOSX107, which updates the VW 7.* Mac
>> OS X
>> > look and feel to match the OS X widgets from after the dropping of
>> the
>> > aqua
>> > blue in 10.7 up to 10.10. There's also UILooks-MacOSX106, which
>> updates
>> > the
>> > Mac OSX look and feel to match Snow Leopard 10.6, e.g. no pinstripes
>> (a
>> > change that VW itself made after 7.7.1). Most of this is the work of
>> > MetaCase's Risto Pohjonen, but we're releasing it under the MIT
>> license
>> > in
>> > case it's useful to others who are unable to upgrade to VW 8. It also
>> > solves
>> > the problem of VW running on Retina screens (it doesn't use any
>> bitmaps,
>> > which the VM incorrectly scales twice).
>> >
>> >
>> > Attached is the difference between 7.7.1 base and with UILooks-
>> MacOSX107
>> > (plus MEMacOSXFont, MEMacOSXLucidaGrande, and Windows7LookPolicy for
>> the
>> > tree
>> > view). Note the stretched top-left of buttons and scrollbars in the
>> base,
>> > caused by incorrect bitmap scaling under Retina.
>> >
>> >
>> > The current version is for 7.7.1. The VW Mac tab control changed
>> > significantly in 7.9, so that would need redoing - feel free to
>> publish a
>> > (7.9).* branch if you want to try that.
>> >
>> >
>> > Together with Holger Kleinsorgen's marvellous Windows7LookPolicy and
>> > Windows8LookPolicy, we find we have better native UI fidelity and
>> > performance
>> > in 7.x than with UISkinning in 8.x. Many of our Linux users also
>> > appreciate
>> > being able to choose the Mac look.
>> >
>> >
>> > Share and enjoy,
>> >
>> > Steve
>> _______________________________________________
>> vwnc mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwnc