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Post #76,778

by tuberculosis

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1/24/03 5:12:24 PM

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OS X can run in aqua or graphite (no colors - only grayscale stuff in the ui components).

I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of fun. Of course, the paying customer got shafted every now and then, and after a while we began to take their complaints seriously. We began to feel as if we really were responsible for the successful, error-free perfect use of these machines. I don't think we are. I think we're responsible for stretching them, setting them off in new directions, and keeping fun in the house. I hope the field of computer science never loses its sense of fun. Above all, I hope we don't become missionaries. Don't feel as if you're Bible salesmen. The world has too many of those already. What you know about computing other people will learn. Don't feel as if the key to successful computing is only in your hands. What's in your hands, I think and hope, is intelligence: the ability to see the machine as more than when you were first led up to it, that you can make it more.

--Alan Perlis

Post #76,810

1/24/03 7:07:22 PM

Other desktop theming options

Use the Universal Access preference pane to switch your desktop to grey scale. It also allows you to zoom in on any area of the screen and even invert the color scheme to white on black. Makes a nifty demo, too.

I've also played with the various third party UI themes ([link|http://www.resexcellence.com|http://www.resexcellence.com] is a good source of information.) There are some very nice ones along with tools to make changing them out very easy.

The downside, of course, is that these third party themes are not officially supported by Apple and the usual warnings and disclaimers apply.

Tom Sinclair

"Everybody is someone else's weirdo."
- E. Dijkstra

Post #76,827

Picture of deSitter

1/24/03 9:27:48 PM

Vive la NeXT!

-drl

Post #76,844

1/24/03 10:54:05 PM

It's not really a matter of Color...

... It's more a matter making sure the floor in underneath my feet.

I play FP shooters that rock my world or anyone's for that matter. I play Zero *G* games and all too. Never loose my sense of the horizon... But for some reason... I just can;t seem to not feel a bit nauseus with all the movement and animations and other such eye-candy.

The layout is bar-none the best *DEAL* I've seen... I use very similar things in GNOME and FluxBox... but they don;t make me feel queasy... I can;t put my finger on it... something just makes me woozy. Even with the 3840x1200 desktop I had... wasn;t enough to launder that feeling. Could have been a refresh problem... active TFT Display.

It was something like the fluid movement... like when you are using a rubber band to move everything... a slight bit behind your expectations... but wasn;t a response issue... it was "deliberate" settings or something. It's not a matter of the interface being bad or what... just that me being who I am I have certain tendancies... this is one I didn't expect. Maybe that's why.

[link|mailto:curley95@attbi.com|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT

[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] [link|http://pascal.rockford.com:8888/SSK@kQMsmc74S0Tw3KHQiRQmDem0gAIPAgM/edcurry/1//|ED'S GHOST SPEAKS!]

Heimatland Geheime Staatspolizei reminds:
These [link|http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.html|Civilian General Orders], please memorize them.
"Questions" will be asked at safety checkpoints.

Post #76,856

Picture of cforde

1/25/03 12:31:52 AM

I entered a room where the floor was so cunningly laid...

that no matter where you stood, it was always under your feet.
-- Goon Show, The China Story

Have fun,
Carl Forde

Post #76,884

1/25/03 9:40:59 AM

Always one in every group!!! ;)

[link|mailto:curley95@attbi.com|greg] - Grand-Master Artist in IT

[link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry/|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] [link|http://pascal.rockford.com:8888/SSK@kQMsmc74S0Tw3KHQiRQmDem0gAIPAgM/edcurry/1//|ED'S GHOST SPEAKS!]

Heimatland Geheime Staatspolizei reminds:
These [link|http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.html|Civilian General Orders], please memorize them.
"Questions" will be asked at safety checkpoints.

Making money off of Linux: HP and IBM - (marlowe) - (38) - Jan. 22, 2003, 02:46:20 PM EST

What? No applause? Cmon O My Brothers! - (deSitter) - (22) - Jan. 22, 2003, 09:47:36 PM EST

Oh, I cheer. Even if I didn't post. - (imric) - Jan. 22, 2003, 10:04:29 PM EST

Stuff it. - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2003, 10:28:48 PM EST

Seconded - (Yendor) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:07:17 AM EST

Re: What? No applause? Cmon O My Brothers! - (rickmoen) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:42:49 AM EST

Guess Not - did you? -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:53:55 AM EST

As long as the profit is subservient to the code, sure. - (tseliot) - (16) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:47:59 PM EST

Meaningless statement - (deSitter) - (15) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:51:04 PM EST

Think "Microsoft" - (Brandioch) - (11) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:55:00 PM EST

Bad development, not a master plan - (deSitter) - (10) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:03:40 PM EST

There was a cultural attitude there. - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:21:53 PM EST

"DOS isn't done 'til Lotus won't run." It's cultural. QED. -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:52:40 PM EST

Re: merging browsing into the OS. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Jan. 24, 2003, 12:54:52 AM EST

Re: merging browsing into the OS. - (deSitter) - (3) - Jan. 24, 2003, 11:09:29 AM EST

Re: A decent competitor. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2003, 01:06:36 PM EST

There is one way - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2003, 01:13:54 PM EST

Perhaps, but... - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 24, 2003, 03:44:59 PM EST

Say that again. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2003, 07:43:18 AM EST

Mozilla is just an application - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2003, 11:03:06 AM EST

Ummm, incorrect. - (Brandioch) - Jan. 24, 2003, 01:54:26 PM EST

Okay, Mr. low-context. - (tseliot) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:57:18 PM EST

Re: Okay, Mr. low-context. - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:59:55 PM EST

Up to a point. -NT - (tseliot) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:01:52 PM EST

All that money and they still cant get a decent UI onto it -NT - (tuberculosis) - (14) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:42:48 PM EDT

Nope - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 03:48:22 PM EST

Well, I was given the opportunity to use... - (folkert) - (12) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:08:57 PM EST

Sweating the details - (drewk) - Jan. 24, 2003, 08:57:35 AM EST

Check out Logitech. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Jan. 24, 2003, 10:54:46 AM EST

Second on Logitech - (tjsinclair) - (3) - Jan. 24, 2003, 02:21:32 PM EST

Thirded - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 24, 2003, 04:30:48 PM EST

What? Still using corded mice? - (tonytib) - (1) - Jan. 24, 2003, 05:37:49 PM EST

Yup - (tjsinclair) - Jan. 24, 2003, 07:02:34 PM EST

Switch to graphite mode - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Jan. 24, 2003, 05:12:24 PM EST

Other desktop theming options - (tjsinclair) - Jan. 24, 2003, 07:07:22 PM EST

Vive la NeXT! -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 24, 2003, 09:27:48 PM EST

It's not really a matter of Color... - (folkert) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2003, 10:54:05 PM EST

I entered a room where the floor was so cunningly laid... - (cforde) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2003, 12:31:52 AM EST

Always one in every group!!! ;) -NT - (folkert) - Jan. 25, 2003, 09:40:59 AM EST

Specifically, why is he still allowed to make them?
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