On 4/8/02 5:31 PM, Beth Rosengard deftly typed out: > theme switcher,
This is a utility that lets one switch between OS themes or appearances. Just like Kaleidoscope let you change the look of menus, windows, etc. and just as the same functionality was built in to OS 8 (?), though never encouraged by Apple, one can change the look of Mac OS X. > ShadowKiller, A utility that turns off the drop shadows in the Aqua interface. > the procedure you describe, Harry suggests finding a theme for Mac OS X that doesn't make use of Mac OS X's ability to render items on-screen with a level of transparency and using the above utilities to implement the theme and rid oneself of transparency and drop shadows (which use transparency) in the Mac OS X interface. > and why this demonstrates Office's lack of culpability in this > matter. His premise is that Mac OS X's interface will see a marked improvement due to the fact that rendering items on-screen without having to calculate transparency is much easier on the processor and therefore the items will render more quickly. He goes on to say that the dramatic performance increase will also be witnessed in Office thereby placing the blame for the slowness that many blame on Office, onto Apple's Aqua interface and all its use of transparency. -Remo Del Bello -- "You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment." -- Dave Barry 19 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME 50 YEARS TO LEARN -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
