RE: Change color of interface
Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on all suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try adjusting the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier to read. I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was Adobe thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate look. Lou Martindale Technical Writer/Web Master/Marketing Design PdMA Corporation - www.pdma.com l...@pdma.com 813-621-6463 ext. 126 This message is intended for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by unauthorized individuals or entities is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Change color of interface
Lou Martindale wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on all suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try adjusting the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier to read. I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was Adobe thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate look. I'm sure it relates to the fact that Adobe flagship products (which generate some 75% of their revenue if I remember the numbers from an Adobe annual report) are applications for generating and manipulating graphics and images, where you don't want the color of GUI elements to affect the perception of the colors of the graphics being worked on. GUI neutrality is necessary for those kinds of tools; and since it doesn't really matter for text-oriented apps, consistency won out. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Change color of interface
Be that as it may, Adobe's desire for conformity should not deprive users of the ability to set their own color schemes. Just a little matter of user control that the Adobe mandarins of design seem unwilling to surrender. That said, it would be a welcome addition to the entire Windows interface to allow users to assign different color schemes to different apps. I would like to be able to distinguish my FM windows from my Visio or Excel or what have you by color instead of all apps being presented in a tuberculous ward gray. So yes, IMHO the CS splash screens are now uniformly pathetically ugly. Will White Monrovia CA Lou Martindale wrote: Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on all suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try adjusting the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier to read. I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was Adobe thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate look. I'm sure it relates to the fact that Adobe flagship products (which generate some 75% of their revenue if I remember the numbers from an Adobe annual report) are applications for generating and manipulating graphics and images, where you don't want the color of GUI elements to affect the perception of the colors of the graphics being worked on. GUI neutrality is necessary for those kinds of tools; and since it doesn't really matter for text-oriented apps, consistency won out. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as whitefam...@mac.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/whitefamily%40mac.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. +++ Frink: Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive, don't touch it, but I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them. Apu: Could it be used for dating? +++ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Change color of interface
Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on all suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try adjusting the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier to read. I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was Adobe thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate look. Lou Martindale Technical Writer/Web Master/Marketing Design PdMA Corporation - www.pdma.com lou at pdma.com 813-621-6463 ext. 126 This message is intended for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by unauthorized individuals or entities is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you.
Change color of interface
Lou Martindale wrote: > Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on all > suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try adjusting > the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier to read. > I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was Adobe > thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate look. I'm sure it relates to the fact that Adobe flagship products (which generate some 75% of their revenue if I remember the numbers from an Adobe annual report) are applications for generating and manipulating graphics and images, where you don't want the color of GUI elements to affect the perception of the colors of the graphics being worked on. GUI neutrality is necessary for those kinds of tools; and since it doesn't really matter for text-oriented apps, consistency won out. -Fred Ridder
Change color of interface
Be that as it may, Adobe's desire for conformity should not deprive users of the ability to set their own color schemes. Just a little matter of user control that the Adobe mandarins of design seem unwilling to surrender. That said, it would be a welcome addition to the entire Windows interface to allow users to assign different color schemes to different apps. I would like to be able to distinguish my FM windows from my Visio or Excel or what have you by color instead of all apps being presented in a tuberculous ward gray. So yes, IMHO the CS splash screens are now uniformly pathetically ugly. Will White Monrovia CA > > Lou Martindale wrote: > > > >> Thanks to all who responded to my cry for help. I will follow up on >> all >> suggestions, but for a quick fix for short term I decided to try >> adjusting >> the UI brightness and it does make the toolbars, icons, etc. easier >> to read. >> I'll just try to ignore the grayness. Sure makes me wonder what was >> Adobe >> thinking when they choose gray as their cross platform corporate >> look. > > > I'm sure it relates to the fact that Adobe flagship products (which > generate some 75% of their revenue if I remember the numbers from an > Adobe annual report) are applications for generating and > manipulating graphics and images, where you don't want the color of > GUI elements to affect the perception of the colors of the graphics > being worked on. GUI neutrality is necessary for those kinds of > tools; and since it doesn't really matter for text-oriented apps, > consistency won out. > > -Fred Ridder > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as whitefamily at mac.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/whitefamily%40mac.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. +++ Frink: Well, sure, the Frinkiac-7 looks impressive, don't touch it, but I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them. Apu: Could it be used for dating? +++
RE: Change color of interface
Lou Martindale wrote: Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. Check out Klaus Daube's Enhanced Toolbar for FM9 (http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker55.html). It's free, but requires the $25 MicroType ToolbarPlus Express (http://www.microtype.com/ToolbarPlus.html), which I highly recommend. I'm still using FM7.2 for production work and haven't had a chance to try Klaus's Enhanced Toolbar for FM9, but it looks like it will help -- at least, it restores colors to the icons, which strikes me as a big improvement. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Change color of interface
Lou Martindale wrote: > Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, > both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text > seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but > the > background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, > drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows > configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. Check out Klaus Daube's Enhanced Toolbar for FM9 (http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker55.html). It's free, but requires the $25 MicroType ToolbarPlus Express (http://www.microtype.com/ToolbarPlus.html), which I highly recommend. I'm still using FM7.2 for production work and haven't had a chance to try Klaus's Enhanced Toolbar for FM9, but it looks like it will help -- at least, it restores colors to the icons, which strikes me as a big improvement. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
Re: Change color of interface
Lou, The only option you have is to change the UI Brightness, i.e. the type of gray used for the UI. This option can be found at File Preferences Interface Especially for beamer presentations you have to have the lightest gray, which may also pull you out of your depression ;-) - Michael Müller-Hillebrand Am 26.03.2010 um 20:15 schrieb Lou Martindale: This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and searched for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. -- ___ Michael Müller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologie Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker Lösungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode Blog: http://cap-studio.de/ - Tel. +49 (9131) 28747 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Change color of interface
Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. The colors can be changed manually, but not as a preferences setting. I haven't tried this, but you might want to check out Klause Daube's site: http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker55.html. He has created a plugin that does changes the colors (Enhanced Toolbar 9). It builds on Shlomo Perets' plugin (FM ToolbarPlus Express) (http://www.microtype.com/ToolbarPlus.html). I do use Shlomo's plugin. It's very useful. Mike Wickham ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Change color of interface
Lou, I think you are out of luck. That is the Adobe corporate colour scheme and now conforms to the other Adobe applications. I hope to stand corrected however. Alan On 27/03/2010, at 8:15 AM, Lou Martindale wrote: > This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and > searched > for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. > > Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of > problems, > both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and > text > seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, > but the > background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in > dull, > drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows > configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. > > I am running Windows XP. > -- Alan T Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 141, Auckland, 1140 New Zealand http://www.alphabyte.co.nz http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice
Change color of interface
Lou, The only option you have is to change the "UI Brightness", i.e. the type of gray used for the UI. This option can be found at File > Preferences > Interface Especially for beamer presentations you have to have the lightest gray, which may also pull you out of your depression ;-) - Michael M?ller-Hillebrand Am 26.03.2010 um 20:15 schrieb Lou Martindale: > This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and searched > for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. > > Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, > both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text > seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the > background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, > drab, depressing gray. -- ___ Michael M?ller-Hillebrand: Dokumentations-Technologie Adobe Certified Expert, FrameMaker L?sungen und Training, FrameScript, XML/XSL, Unicode Blog: http://cap-studio.de/ - Tel. +49 (9131) 28747
Change color of interface
> Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of > problems, > both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text > seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but > the > background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, > drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows > configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. The colors can be changed manually, but not as a preferences setting. I haven't tried this, but you might want to check out Klause Daube's site: http://www.daube.ch/docu/fmaker55.html. He has created a plugin that does changes the colors (Enhanced Toolbar 9). It builds on Shlomo Perets' plugin (FM ToolbarPlus Express) (http://www.microtype.com/ToolbarPlus.html). I do use Shlomo's plugin. It's very useful. Mike Wickham
Change color of interface
This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and searched for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. I am running Windows XP. TIA, Lou Lou Martindale Technical Writer/Web Master/Marketing Design PdMA Corporation - www.pdma.com l...@pdma.com 813-621-6463 ext. 126 This message is intended for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by unauthorized individuals or entities is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Change color of interface
Lou, I think you are out of luck. That is the Adobe corporate colour scheme and now conforms to the other Adobe applications. I hope to stand corrected however. Alan On 27/03/2010, at 8:15 AM, Lou Martindale wrote: This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and searched for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. I am running Windows XP. -- Alan T Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 141, Auckland, 1140 New Zealand http://www.alphabyte.co.nz http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Change color of interface
This is such a mundane request I hate to ask, but I've searched and searched for an answer. I'm hoping someone on this vast list can help me. Recently I upgraded from Frame 6 to Frame 9. I am having a lot of problems, both mental and physical, working with a gray screen. The icons and text seem to fade into the screen. The document is in full living color, but the background (toolbar, pods, menu bar, status bar, etc.) are all in dull, drab, depressing gray. I'd like to change it to normal windows configuration. But how to do that is a mystery to me. I am running Windows XP. TIA, Lou Lou Martindale Technical Writer/Web Master/Marketing Design PdMA Corporation - www.pdma.com lou at pdma.com 813-621-6463 ext. 126 This message is intended for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by unauthorized individuals or entities is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message and any attachments. Thank you.
