Remo, Thank you very much!
Beth On 4/8/02 10:33 PM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- 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/>
