[Fwd: windowColorSpecification]

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> From: Alain Plantec <[hidden email]>
> Date: December 15, 2009 1:52:28 PM GMT+01:00
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: windowColorSpecification
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> Hi all,
>
> For now, Pharo has kept the squeak color specification framework based on the
> WindowColorSpec class and on the dynamic discovery of window colors.
> (it relies on the searching of all windowColorSpecification implementors).
> Do we want to keep that ?
> I would vote for getting rid of it.

>
> Kind regards,
>
> Bart
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> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Marcus Denker <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
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>     On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Alain Plantec wrote:
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>     >
>     > From: Alain Plantec <[hidden email]
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>     > Date: December 15, 2009 1:52:28 PM GMT+01:00
>     > To: [hidden email]
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>     > Subject: windowColorSpecification
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>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > For now, Pharo has kept the squeak color specification framework
>     based on the
>     > WindowColorSpec class and on the dynamic discovery of window colors.
>     > (it relies on the searching of all windowColorSpecification
>     implementors).
>     > Do we want to keep that ?
>     > I would vote for getting rid of it.
>
>     Please remove it! I personally think that the only use of
>     window-colors is to be able
>     to tell windows appart quickly. (but even that I personally think
>     is not worth having an
>     ugly UI for). But than *changing* the window color is the last
>     thing that anyone should
>     be able to do!
>
>            Marcus
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> I actually like it that the type of  windows are having different colors. In
> the bar at the bottom, I can quickly determine monticello browser, test
> runner, package browser, method finder, just by checking the color. I vote
> against throwing away the colors.
> The default behaviour of the gray colors is absolutely more suitable than
> the colored version.
> Kind regards,
>
> Bart
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Marcus Denker <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Alain Plantec wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Alain Plantec <[hidden email]>
>> > Date: December 15, 2009 1:52:28 PM GMT+01:00
>> > To: [hidden email]
>> > Subject: windowColorSpecification
>> > Reply-To: [hidden email]
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > For now, Pharo has kept the squeak color specification framework based
>> > on the
>> > WindowColorSpec class and on the dynamic discovery of window colors.
>> > (it relies on the searching of all windowColorSpecification
>> > implementors).
>> > Do we want to keep that ?
>> > I would vote for getting rid of it.
>>
>> Please remove it! I personally think that the only use of window-colors is
>> to be able
>> to tell windows appart quickly. (but even that I personally think is not
>> worth having an
>> ugly UI for). But than *changing* the window color is the last thing that
>> anyone should
>> be able to do!
>>
>>        Marcus
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>
>
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> Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere -
> Albert Einstein
> Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing
> is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein
> The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. - Albert
> Einstein
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> Hi Lukas,
>
> My purpose is not to remove them.
> The question is do we keep WindowColorSpec and related stuffs with
> the possibility to change colors from the preference browser,
> the "Pale" and "White" color themes ...
> My position is that we should not give the possibility to change
> window colors individually and simplify window color handling.
>
> Lukas Renggli a écrit :
>> I like the colors too. I cannot work with the OS X theme where
>> everything looks exactly the same.
>>
>> Also it would be cool if the transcript could be orange again.
>>
> I liked it in orange also :)
>
> Thanks
> Alain
>> Lukas
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