OpenEuphoria

Re: Modern windows screens

• Posted by Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> Jul 24, 2003
• 520 views

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Getz" <Xaxo at aol.com>

> Dan Moyer wrote:
> >
> >
> > Al,
> > My opinion:
> > Also looked at the screenshot, & I *like* the big red "X", as I can't
> > count
> > the times I've accidentally closed a window when I just meant to max or
> > min
> > it; in fact, I *hate* the change from Win3 to Win9x that moved the close
> > button from the *left* side of the window by itself, over to the right
> > side
> > next to max/min.
> >
> > Dan Moyer
> >
>
> Ok 
>
> I realize it's not the color i dont like, it's the design of it.
> The x, along with the min and max buttons, look like kid's
> blocks.  I think Kat was saying something like this too...
> Just before those three buttons we might see A, B and C.
>
> Also, color has scope just like program variables.  If you have
> a red background x somewhere on the window and it's to have
> very special significance, then you shouldnt have it anywhere
> else.
>
> If you have problems closing out windows (or avoiding that)
> you can make the closeout button bigger by changing system settings
> cant you?

Have done that, but in haste still occasionally hit the wrong one; made more
sense to me to separate the functions of bigger/smaller and quit.
Dan Moyer

>
> Take care,
> Al
>
>
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