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| Subject: From: Date: | Re: [ECS] Newest upload Mark Gilmore Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:59:23 -0800 |
Reponses follow... Dan Carrington wrote: > > Mark Gilmore wrote: > > > > Dan Carrington wrote: > > > > > > Mark, the windows don't flash anymore when first showing on the screen. > > > But I can't seem to change the size of any of the windows except the > > > item windows that are within the group editor. > > > > Expected. Why would you want to change the size of the other screens ? > > > > To make the most of my screen size. The group, event, and message > windows have large ammounts of things that I would like to see as much > as possible. I could see more of my programing at one time. I could > see a larger list of messages. I could have more items within my group > so as not to need to swap groups as much. I could even see more info on > an item type if you are still showing item info under the item creation > boxes in the item window. I could live without bigger message and group > screens, but I would consider the event programing screen to be a > necessity to be able to enlarge as big as my screen and see more of my > event! Why have a big, hi-res monitor if not to see more at one time. > I would consider larger windows one of the biggest advantages in going > with windows! However, I don't really see why I would need to change > the size of the item window within the group window. What does that > give me? I really am currious as I can not figure a reason for it? > Bigger icons or something? > I'll look into supporting sizable event/msg screens. The movable/sizable group-item windows allow you to create visual layouts, floorplans, boxed groupings etc. Note that you can make hor/vert lines by shrinking/stretching "dummy" windows. > Possibly, if you don't want to make resizing horizontally (causing lots > of problems with the menus), you could just do vertical. That would > give most of the advangages desired. > > > > Also, when I click the > > > button to enlarge the window to the full screen, I can drag the items in > > > the group editor arround and where they would go past the standard size > > > of the window, they disappear. > > > > Huh ? Can't re-create (I think) - Please re-describe. > > > > Probably just an artifact of single sized windows. If I maximize the > group editor window to full screen, I can drag the item/icon boxes > arround. If I drag them to the larger sized window area, they disappear > and I can not regrab them. They end up half showing and half hidden > within the main group editor window. Consider it hidden behind the gray > void where the maximized window is larger than your standard window. > This is a problem which I will eventually correct (though the user shouldn't really be doing such a thing :-). > I hope that I am not pushing ideas that only I see usefull. > Dan Carrington > > -- > Please, turn off HTML (fancy colours, fonts, etc) when sending message to list. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ecs-list-unsubscribe@vancouver.ml.org Dan Carrington wrote: > > Mark Gilmore wrote: > > > > Dan Carrington wrote: > > > > > > Mark, the windows don't flash anymore when first showing on the screen. > > > But I can't seem to change the size of any of the windows except the > > > item windows that are within the group editor. > > > > Expected. Why would you want to change the size of the other screens ? > > > > To make the most of my screen size. The group, event, and message > windows have large ammounts of things that I would like to see as much > as possible. I could see more of my programing at one time. I could > see a larger list of messages. I could have more items within my group > so as not to need to swap groups as much. I could even see more info on > an item type if you are still showing item info under the item creation > boxes in the item window. I could live without bigger message and group > screens, but I would consider the event programing screen to be a > necessity to be able to enlarge as big as my screen and see more of my > event! Why have a big, hi-res monitor if not to see more at one time. > I would consider larger windows one of the biggest advantages in going > with windows! However, I don't really see why I would need to change > the size of the item window within the group window. What does that > give me? I really am currious as I can not figure a reason for it? > Bigger icons or something? > > Possibly, if you don't want to make resizing horizontally (causing lots > of problems with the menus), you could just do vertical. That would > give most of the advangages desired. > > > > Also, when I click the > > > button to enlarge the window to the full screen, I can drag the items in > > > the group editor arround and where they would go past the standard size > > > of the window, they disappear. > > > > Huh ? Can't re-create (I think) - Please re-describe. > > > > Probably just an artifact of single sized windows. If I maximize the > group editor window to full screen, I can drag the item/icon boxes > arround. If I drag them to the larger sized window area, they disappear > and I can not regrab them. They end up half showing and half hidden > within the main group editor window. Consider it hidden behind the gray > void where the maximized window is larger than your standard window. > > I hope that I am not pushing ideas that only I see usefull. > Dan Carrington > > -- > Please, turn off HTML (fancy colours, fonts, etc) when sending message to list. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ecs-list-unsubscribe@vancouver.ml.org -- Mark Gilmore Omnipotence http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html