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[Implemented] 4.20b1 Use standard menus in IDE
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:11 pm
by tinman
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
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:28 pm
by #NULL
yes please
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:08 pm
by Trond
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
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:24 pm
by Rook Zimbabwe
I just want that ugly blue tube effect gone ASAP! I can't see the icons really well with it on!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:03 am
by tinman
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 :)
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:00 pm
by Mistrel
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:55 pm
by Kazmirzak
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
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:23 pm
by Trond
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:46 pm
by #NULL
..on the other hand, i'm currently using the menu to be shure about the pb-version in front of me.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:38 pm
by Rook Zimbabwe
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...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:53 am
by naw
@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
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:25 pm
by Berikco
naw wrote:@freak,
I think you've finally been proved fallible
the blue bar is horrible.
Fred made the horrible blue gradient
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:05 pm
by Fluid Byte
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.
