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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: New "Style Guide" menus question.
Message-ID: <22665@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 24 Jun 91 21:13:57 GMT
References: <3412@shodha.enet.dec.com> <22626@cbmvax.commodore.com> <3442@shodha.enet.dec.com>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3442@shodha.enet.dec.com> ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder) writes:
>In article <22626@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
>You'd know better than I would what =RJ= intended.  I always assumed
>menus were "reverse video" so they would stand out against the
>background better.  If this is changed to match what the Style Guide
>says, then menus will tend to disappear agains "normal" backgrounds....
>
>>		andy
>
>So I gather that the Style Guide is right, and you hope to modify the
>Intuition menu system at some point in the future, right?  If so, what
>are developers supposed to do in the meantime in order to follow the
>recommendations of the Style Guide?  Nothing?

On your own custom screen, you can set things up so it works 'properly',
and matches the style guide.

On Workbench you have to accept what you get; if the system changes
you'd automatically change too.

Naturally there are people who prefer the light letter on dark
background that Workbench gives you now; you may have to add an
option to please these people :-)

Increased use of the shadow, shine, etc. pens in the future should
mitigate the effect of color problems in the future, as it is no
longer just an absolute register situation; instead you get one
level of indirection.

>-hans
		andy
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