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[!RebGUI] A lightweight alternative to VID

Maxim
27-Feb-2007
[5502]
some love glayout's looks, some like what it could be, some don't 
like the gel type buttons... some people don't like apple's aqua.
Graham
27-Feb-2007
[5503]
Ashley did say that if someone could provide an aesthetically pleasing 
draw block - he would use it.
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5504]
I haven't checked up on RebGUI lately. Does it look the same?
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5505x3]
not, definitely not, Henrik - it looks inconsitent.
Maxim - your glayout looks consistent, as buttons fit the rest. Current 
RebGUI buttons are a bit ... ehm, strange ...
so far, the best Rebol related designs, for me - Henrik's stuff, 
Detective, Cyphre's styles pack - compact designs ....
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5508]
hmm... aesthetically pleasing draw block, you say? how does that 
work? do you skin RebGUI that way?
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5509]
Ashley has some code that draws the buttons done in AGG.
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5510]
is #46 really the latest build? I have no experience with SVN.
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5511x2]
#58
there's a version of svn for OSX
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5513x2]
pity I can't make a screenshot ... will do so at home ...
maybe Henrik is the right person to help us ;-) Chris is here very 
sporadically ...
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5515x2]
oh well, a pity I don't know how to use SVN so I can rescue you from 
unesthetical despair. :-)
isn't there SVN web access?
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5517x2]
it's called trac.
http://trac.geekisp.com/rebgui/browser
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5519]
I am new to SVN, I don't know how to configure it properly, so I 
used "Save as" option on selected files ...
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5520]
it would be logical with a "Make Zip archive and download" button 
on the front page of that file list...
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5521]
Ashley, what controls the highlighting of the word in the spellcheck? 
 I note the tour demo keeps the suspect word highlighted, but my 
change somewhere doesn't.  Is it an option in the behaviours in rebgui-ctx? 
 Or coded inside the spellcheck function?
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5522]
oh wow, yes those buttons in #59 are rather alternative...
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5523]
have you run tour.r? On main screen, the buttons look more like older 
view capsule buttons (IOS). On some other screens, it is not all 
that bad.
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5524]
well, they look acceptable here, as in they are antialiased, font 
is readable and such.
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5525]
I wonder if we can define radius? Because on button tab, there is 
new button look, the big button, which is more square, than others, 
which are rounded.
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5526]
yes we can
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5527]
Maybe it is just coloring, which distracts me. Whole background etc 
- beige, like in XP. I would vote for Detective design - clean, modern 
....
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5528]
http://hmkdesign.dk/rebol/cool/coolwidgets.png<--- actually it can 
be controlled quite precisely
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5529]
are those AGG buttons??
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5530x2]
yes
well, not complete, anyway. Maxim uses a derivative of that design 
in his system
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5532]
I think Ashely would love some input here :)
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5533]
I had to cheat to get centered AA text :-(
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5534]
He moved from bitmap buttons to AGG to try and save some ram.
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5535x2]
nice. Although I am not sure I like it overall - to shiny/reflecting 
:-)
to = too
Graham
28-Feb-2007
[5537]
the current rebgui buttons look too rounded for me .. so if an alternative 
were available ...
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5538x2]
pekr, the overall shape and the texture of the buttons are somewhat 
separate, so the buttons can be retextured to look more sand-polished 
or different while the groove around the buttons can remain.
I like buttons with a realistic look that make you say "oh, that's 
a metallic paint" or other surface treating process
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5540]
E.g. I liked something in between. Original 1.3 button look - http://www.xidys.com/chris-buttons.jpg
... it also works on black backgrounds - http://www.xidys.com/chris-buttons-black.jpg
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5541x4]
http://hmkdesign.dk/rebol/cool/cool-widgets.r<--- source here.
is there a difference between how INIT works in RebGUI and INIT in 
VID?
I can't get my INIT function to work in a rebface
whoops, had the INIT function stuck inside a FEEL. :-)
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5545]
you trying to adapt some of your styles to Rebgui? :-)
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5546x3]
just poking around :-)
I think the buttons are not tall enough. they should be at least 
20-22 px tall.
http://rebol.hmkdesign.dk/rebgui-btns.png<--- well, it's a start.
Rebolek
28-Feb-2007
[5549]
nicer
Pekr
28-Feb-2007
[5550]
nicer ... but buttons should be taller imo :-)
Henrik
28-Feb-2007
[5551]
yes they should. I altered the size to 20 pixels but it had no effect?