[Implemented] 4.20b1 Use standard menus in IDE

tinman · Post by **tinman** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:11 pm

Can there be an option added to use standard menus and not try to use Office appearance or anything like that? The new menus are ugly at best and obscure the icons at worst.

http://www.david-mcminn.co.uk/graphics/pb420_menu.png

#NULL · Post by **#NULL** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:28 pm

yes please

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:08 pm

Let freak write the iconmenu library! You can turn off the whistles and bells alltogether by unchecking "show icons in the menu", but then you don't get the icons either.

Edit: In addition to being very ugly, there are several things which are not working correctly with the new menu. See the bug report here: http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=30332

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:24 pm

I just want that ugly blue tube effect gone ASAP! I can't see the icons really well with it on!!!

tinman · Post by **tinman** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:03 am

Trond wrote:Let freak write the iconmenu library! You can turn off the whistles and bells alltogether by unchecking "show icons in the menu", but then you don't get the icons either.

Thanks Trond, I never spotted that section as I didn't think it would be in the "general" area of the prefs so I never payed much attention to that.

No icons is fine by me :)

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:00 pm

I agree. Please either remove the blue or provide an option to disable it.

This is like Visual Studio 2005 all over again. No, you cannot turn off the gradients.

Kazmirzak · Post by **Kazmirzak** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:55 pm

Well, I wouldn't say it is ugly, I like the idea of theming.

But I think the blue is just too strong. Make it a really light blue, and it looks fresh and cool and doesn't kill anyones eyes. I wouldn't like that all the work was in vain.

If you are in a generous mood, you could make the background color user - definable - but you don't have to

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:23 pm

Kazmirzak wrote:If you are in a generous mood, you could make the background color user - definable - but you don't have to

It is already. Just change the selection colour in the screen/appearance control panel applet.

#NULL · Post by **#NULL** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:46 pm

..on the other hand, i'm currently using the menu to be shure about the pb-version in front of me.

(<bump>)

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:38 pm

But I think the blue is just too strong. Make it a really light blue, and it looks fresh and cool and doesn't kill anyones eyes. I wouldn't like that all the work was in vain.

I could go with this suggestion as well... I know you guys had fun putting it in there...

naw · Post by **naw** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:53 am

@freak,
I think you've finally been proved fallible

the blue bar is horrible.

@everyone else,
It is a Beta, so flexing your wings is ok (sort of)

@fred & freak,
PB4.2 looks like being a great release, looking forward to seeing the documentation so I can actually use some of the new stuff

Post by **Berikco** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:25 pm

naw wrote:@freak,
I think you've finally been proved fallible the blue bar is horrible.

Fred made the horrible blue gradient

Fluid Byte · Post by **Fluid Byte** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:05 pm

Berikco wrote:Fred made the horrible blue gradient

And this proves once again that true programers should be never involved in any design issues.

Serious programers lack this ability completely wich you can often see on a developers (personal) homepage. Pink text on yellow background, loads of tables and pictures of the house cat in *.BMP format. That kinda stuff wich makes a homepage really fancy, you know?

By the way, the gradient ain't that bad but I agree on a flag to deactivate it.