[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-29 Thread Ivan Jager
Antonio Campos wrote: Well, a good idea. The (dreaded :) Motif also has those two modes and switches them automagically. If you click and release mouse button on a menu, it is driven by explicit clicks, and if you click and drag mouse, submenus pop up on pointer rollover. (But still it

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-25 Thread Andrew Klochkov
Erik, All that said, there can be asked a simple question: why take Motif as an example? There are *more* *perfect* GUI styles around, Mackintosh e.g.. Take after Makintosh! EM Use the MacOS theme. Where can I get it? -- Andrew Klochkov -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-25 Thread Gustavo João Alves Marques Carneiro
On 25 Nov 1999, Andrew Klochkov wrote: Erik, All that said, there can be asked a simple question: why take Motif as an example? There are *more* *perfect* GUI styles around, Mackintosh e.g.. Take after Makintosh! EM Use the MacOS theme. Where can I get it? gtk.themes.org --

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-24 Thread leon
John Sullivan wrote: On the Macintosh (at least), click-to-leave-menu-displayed was merged into the existing hold-mouse-button-down-to-view-menu behavior in such a way that both still work nicely and don't get in each other's way. There's no need for a preference to switch between them. I

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-23 Thread leon
Kent Schumacher wrote: The point about a sub-menu disappearing unless you follow an exact path with your mouse needs to be addressed. I don't think this is a matter of taste. I would assume any user would naturally feel that they could move the mouse pointer directly to a sub-menu item.

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-23 Thread John Sullivan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kent Schumacher wrote: The point about a sub-menu disappearing unless you follow an exact path with your mouse needs to be addressed. I don't think this is a matter of taste. I would assume any user would naturally feel that they could move the mouse pointer

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-11-23 Thread Ivan Jager
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kent Schumacher wrote: The point about a sub-menu disappearing unless you follow an exact path with your mouse needs to be addressed. I don't think this is a matter of taste. I would assume any user would naturally feel that they could move the mouse

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Preben Randhol
make a theme -- Preben Randhol "Marriage is when you get to keep [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] your girl and don't have to give [http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/] her back to her parents." (Eric, 6) -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:17:36 +0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are words in GTK docs: "GTK is a library for creating graphical user interfaces similar to the Motif "look and feel"". And it can really be observed that GTK has inherited some Motif appearance. But, sadly, Motif is not an

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Joel Coulson
Concave border round the default button - it is a way too big. And maybe it can be drawn in different style? I never actually notices this, maybe you should have a look at the "pin cushion" setting on your screen.. hehe "Triangular" buttons on the ends of scroll bars - they impose the

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Arjan J. Molenaar
]] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel Unix users expect that behaviour, because it's exactly what every other major toolkit does (Motif, OpenLook). It's just to be consistent. Why? That's where Unices

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Arjan J. Molenaar
99 2:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel Unix users expect that behaviour, because it's exactly what every other major toolkit does (Motif, OpenLook). It's just to be consistent. Why? That's where Unices are definitely wrong.

[gtk-list] Re: Gtk look and feel

1999-01-16 Thread Preben Randhol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Motif's elements simply spoil the picture. It would be better if | you find some talented artist who can fix this. KDE team, e.g., has I can't say I find QT (nor KDE) any nicer than Motif to look at though. -- Preben Randhol "Marriage is when