Yes, indeed. It is more that eye-candy. Squeak starts to look like a
'regular' application while it still preserves the original Squeak GUI
elements (projects, flaps etc.) if people want that.

You may create an in-house application with it (adding some menus and
dialogs) and need not to explain too much to people.

--Hannes

On 4/22/10, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> My question has nothing to do with anyone's personal taste or
> interest.  I was simply suggesting that Squeak take on slightly
> enhanced looks with each new release, rather than looking exactly like
> the old release.
>
> I think the face-lifting brought some energy to the end of the 4.1
> release, and people seem to be energized by new eye-candy..
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This brings us back to the question:
>> - what if i want a different UI skin/theme , what i should do?
>>
>> Lately i started own experiments in this way, where i try to separate
>> look style from
>> functional parts. The dilemma, is how make it convenient and
>> non-intrusive.
>> I think that the way how HTML/CSS doing it is fine.
>>
>> On 21 April 2010 23:57, Michael Haupt <mhaupt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> now I really don't want to poleaxe you, but backgrounds textured like
>>> this make me really nervous. Literally, the first thing I did
>>> *immediately* after starting up the 4.1 image for the first time was
>>> to change the background.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't progress be about, like, y'know, functionality, robustness,
>>> documentation (me talking), performance?
>>>
>>> Yes. It *is* a matter of taste, partially. But you asked for opinions.
>>> I'm an engineer. GUIs I design would probably make you die of
>>> interface poisoning. :-P
>>>
>>> Sorry,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> What do folks think about each major Squeak release having slightly
>>>> different appearance?  It seems to have happened, perhaps "naturally,"
>>>> with every version since Squeak 2.9, at least.  I think it's great for
>>>> each release to have its own "personality".
>>>>
>>>> A different background is a great place to start for keeping things
>>>> fresh with new looks.  Is 4.1 using a small tiled picture of some
>>>> kind?  Here is an alternative which I think looks kind of like rough
>>>> construction paper.  12K though..
>>>>
>>>>  - Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>>
>>
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