MC IDE 2.6b1 released

[Chipp Walters]

Hmmmm, good questions Richard.

I might be interested in working with a group on a new look'n feel for 
the MC IDE. I'd certainly rather go at this with a spec than just a 
facelift.

-Chipp

Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Ken Ray wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for releasing this Richard!
>>
>> One thing, though... now that the 2.6 engne has XP look and feel, the IDE
>> looks kind of strange in Windows XP (menus and buttons are too big or 
>> seem
>> to hilite "wierdly"). I'm not sure what to do about this (since we don't
>> want to affect the other platforms), but just thought you should know.
> 
> 
> The IDE always looked weird on anything but XWindows. ;)
> 
> I wouldn't mind an initiative to give it a minor facelift -- who's up 
> for that?
> 
> Ideally it would be:
> 
> - cosmetic only, at least in a first pass, maintaining the
>   mandate to keep behaviorial changes minimal
> 
> - use the same layout on all platforms
> 
> - Could set the textFont and textSize of the mainstack, but
>   preferably not individual controls (to make it easy to
>   change later if desired)
> 
> What meaningful things could be addressed within those params?
> And who wants to do it?
>