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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: GadTools replacement?
- Date: 06 Feb 96 12:53:40 +0000
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- Hi, Michael van Elst , on 05-Feb-96 01:39:57 you scribbled....
- >lnielsen@supernet.ab.ca (Kor Nielsen) writes:
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- >>Wouldn't it be simple (if you want a nice looking gui) just to make a new
- >>GadTools library that improved on the look of all the gadgets?
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- >No. Gadtools is limited in its way to handle gadgets, it requires explicit
- >assistance for layout and usage of fonts. It also doesn't support such
- >a variety of gadgets as MUI.
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- >>Then if a preferences program was made to configure the look of the new
- >>GadTools gadgets users could still have the control over the look without
- >>having sacrifice memory and hard disk space.
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- >Why do you think that such an enhanced gadtools would use less disk space
- >and memory than MUI ?
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- urouhack is a start (shaded gadtools buttons for all apps)
- but as its name suggests, its a hack and probably wont work with OS4/PPC but
- hey that'll be perfect anyway right ;)
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- memory ? oh its 21k ;)
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- >>Both Windows and Mac have full color icons,
- >>where as Amiga OS has only black, white, and a yucky shade of blue??
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- >Blue ? :)
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- I have 256 colour icons here remapped to whatever screen : NewIcons
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- Mike
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