I Hate the New Color Picker

Geoff Canyon gcanyon at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 17:34:19 EST 2014


Here's mine in 6.6.2, which is the closest I have to 6.6.5. It has two
rows, no matter how I resize it. I wonder if the international aspect is a
factor here?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahqcye1nmp3jn2r/Screenshot%202014-12-08%2017.32.53.png?dl=0

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:

> Aha, the thought plickens! I’m running Yosemite 10.10.1 and find the dot
> appearing in LC 6.7.1 (rc2)  but NOT in LC 6.6.5 nor in 6.7.
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Terence Heaford <t.heaford at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Should have said my screen shot showing the dot is LC community 6.7.1
> (RC3) running on iMac 21.5 Yosemite 10.10.1
> >
> > The dot show on TextEdit, Numbers, Pages.
> >
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Terry
> >
> >
> >> On 8 Dec 2014, at 19:49, Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, this is strange. I was checking out the color picker in Yosemite
> >> using TextEdit, which incidentally, doesn't have those Cancel and OK
> >> buttons, but has the dot to pull down the color dock. When I call up the
> >> color picker in LC, I get the same view as Geoff, with two lines of
> palette
> >> docks and no dot to extend the dock section. Unlike Roger, I couldn't
> find
> >> the "sweet spot" to make this work.
> >>
> >> Apparently, LC has modified the system color wheel to a certain extent.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:21 AM, William de Smet <
> williamdesmet at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Geoff,
> >>>
> >>> This is my ColorPicker. I only have one visible line.
> >>> I am on Yosemite 10.10.1 with LC 6.6.5 on a 21,5 inch iMac.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/pkqwsgvu6i5q7tz/ColorPickerYosemite.png?dl=0
> >>>
> >>> greetings,
> >>>
> >>> William
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2014-12-08 19:57 GMT+01:00 Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>:
> >>>
> >>>> William, I'm with you: no small dot, no resizing -- vertically, at
> least
> >>> --
> >>>> I can make the color picker wider up to a point. Here's a link to a
> >>> screen
> >>>> shot:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahzx78f6kzudgcl/Screenshot%202014-12-08%2013.56.46.png?dl=0
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Poke around just between and above the Cancel and OK btns and you’ll
> >>> find
> >>>>> the sweet spot where the cursor turns to a hand.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Roger
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 9:28 AM, William de Smet <
> williamdesmet at gmail.com
> >>>>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>> Can someone post a screenshot because I don't see a small dot on the
> >>>>>> Yosemite color picker.
> >>>>>> I am also stuck with one row of colors.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Greetings,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> William
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2014-12-08 8:17 GMT+01:00 Howard Bornstein <bornstein at designeq.com
> >:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I wouldn't have seen it myself if I hadn't used my large Holmesian
> >>>>>>> magnifying glass.;-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thank you Howard! There’s a tiny dot there that I had not noticed.
> >>>> You
> >>>>>>>> don’t know how many times I tried to pull down from every point
> >>> other
> >>>>>>> than
> >>>>>>>> that tiny dot to no avail. What a twit I am!!
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Howard Bornstein <
> >>>> bornstein at designeq.com>
> >>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Just pull down from the bottom of the color picker patches and
> >>>> you'll
> >>>>>>> get
> >>>>>>>>> 10 rows, just like earlier versions.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Just the flatness of it, but more importantly, the limit of just
> >>>> one
> >>>>>>> row
> >>>>>>>>>> of color patches. I was used to using multiple rows to record
> and
> >>>>>>> manage
> >>>>>>>>>> multiple projects. I realize now that It’s no biggie, and I
> >>>>>>> overreacted!
> >>>>>>>>>> I’ll build a better tool for what I need and offer to all to
> make
> >>>> up
> >>>>>>> for
> >>>>>>>>>> petulance.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Roger
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> How does the color picker look different to you? I'm on
> Yosemite
> >>>> and
> >>>>>>> it
> >>>>>>>>>>> looks the same as I remember: color picker choices across the
> >>> top:
> >>>>>>>> color
> >>>>>>>>>>> wheel (default), color sliders, etc.; then the color wheel
> >>> itself
> >>>>>>> below
> >>>>>>>>>>> that; then the saturation slider below that; then the actual
> >>> color
> >>>>>>>>>> selected
> >>>>>>>>>>> and the saved colors below that; and finally the cancel and
> okay
> >>>>>>>> buttons
> >>>>>>>>>>> below that.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Roger Guay <irog at mac.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I’m sure the new color picker is totally Apple’s (Yosemite)
> >>>> fault,
> >>>>>>>> but I
> >>>>>>>>>>>> hate it? It’s ugly and not as functional as the old one.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Is there anything I can do about it, like go back to the old
> >>> one?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> TIA,
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Roger
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> >>>>>>>>> --
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> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Howard Bornstein
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> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >> Howard Bornstein
> >> -----------------------
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