Why is Konfabulator "Pretty?"

[Chipp Walters]

Bill,

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! I prefer the VB placement of 
text.

My best guess is that we're both *sorta* correct ;-) I believe 
Revolution 'builds' the buttons using the correct theme 'bits', but 
probably doesn't use the direct API call to do so. 'Course I could be 
wrong, but it would explain the differences you see as well as the 
'mostly supported styles' which is apparent. Certainly a bit of pixel 
tweaking could bring it in line.

I imagine allowing for the ability to 'add icons' and resize buttons to 
whatever dimension creates some implementation problems for a 4 gen 
tool. Frankly, I've not had any problems in any of my shipping apps, but 
then I'm not the stickler for HIG that you and Richard are.

Does VB allow one to add icons and change the font and font size of a 
button like this? Just wondering.

best,

-Chipp

Bill Marriott wrote:
> Chipp,
> 
> I know you didn't mention button styles specifically as being taken directly 
> from the OS, but once you see the following difference it will be one of 
> those details that pop out at you all the time:
> 
> http://wjm.org/linked/buttons.htm
> 
> Again, *very* minor, probably not obvious to the vast majority of end users, 
> but a dead giveaway that Rev was used to build an app.
> 
> Bill