Why is Konfabulator "Pretty?"

Bill Marriott wjm at wjm.org
Wed Dec 7 12:43:04 EST 2005


Ah, yes, well that is the Windows "Theme Manager" for you :)

I think Rev "emulates" the look of XP, and doesn't actually "pull" from the 
actual OS... this is why it doesn't respond  to changes made in the Windows 
"appearance manager." In other words, if you customize the look and feel of 
Windows with a utility like WindowsBlinds, it doesn't necessarily translate 
to every UI component in Rev.

I hadn't considered this level of compatibility before. Fortunately, it's 
not terribly widespread that people modify things from the basic, built-in 
Themes.

This brings up a more serious question though, about how a Rev stack will 
look under Windows Vista when it is released.

Bill

"Thomas McGrath III" <3mcgrath at adelphia.net> 
wrote in message news:BDDDE1D1-E48A-403F-A776-E0F8C9BF210F at adelphia.net...
> Bill,
>
> I use OSX all of the time and also see the look and feel correctly. I 
> just bought a Sony Laptop and hooked up a 20" monitor side by side  with 
> my 23" Apple cinema display. I am using XP pro and Office 2003.
>
> I am noticing just how far windows has come in look and feel. I am  just 
> getting used to (again) to the HIG of XP.
>
> I am curious as to how consistent this look is? When I change the 
> Appearance and Themes from Windows XP [Modified] to Windows XP the  entire 
> look and feel changes. Let alone to Classic or a downloaded one.
>
> I also notice that the text in menus and buttons has many choices 
> including transition effects and shadows etc.
>
> I guess what I am asking is with all of these possible choices and 
> combinations, how do I or how is Rev supposed to handle all of those 
> changes. (not a complaint but instead an understanding is needed)
>
> I mean XP [Modified] I guess by Sony is nice to look at but regular  XP is 
> quite ugly to me. Who do I target? Who do I create my look and  feel 
> towards? I usually write my own menus and buttons and look and  feel 
> bypassing the system defaults but what do I do when I need to do  a 
> traditional type application (in the context of this discussion).
>
> Curious about your insights,
>
> Tom
>
> On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:10 AM, Bill Marriott wrote:
>
>>> I don't have a Macintosh so I can't say -- do you get "gel"  buttons? 
>>> Are
>>> "tabbed controls" presented the way they are on built-for-OS X apps?
>>
>> I looked up the video tutorials for Rev on a Mac screen, and I'm  happy 
>> to
>> see these *are* implemented the Mac OS X way. Excellent.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
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