Thread: [Freemind-developer] Colors under Windows
A premier mind-mapping software written in Java
Brought to you by:
christianfoltin,
danielpolansky
From: Christian F. <chr...@gm...> - 2007-07-05 09:47:56
|
Dear Dimitry, I tried out the current version under windows 2000, java 1.5.0.08 and get white color on white background when editing and light gray nodes for the nodes that are not currently edited. I haven't changed the windows colors AFAIK. Honestly, I'm not so lucky with the system colors at all and would like you to comment it out or the introduce an option for it that is disabled by default. Then, we can return to the topic later. Thanks, Chris -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-05 20:15:55
|
Dear Chris, > get white color on white background when editing It was a bug, it was not planned so. Fixed. The selection text color must not be used in for not selected text in the edit box. > and light gray nodes > for the nodes that are not currently edited. I haven't changed the > windows colors AFAIK. > > Honestly, I'm not so lucky with the system colors at all and would > like you to comment it out or the introduce an option for it that is > disabled by default. Then, we can return to the topic later. We can disable this option, but I would like to discuss it a bit more before. The advantage of using the system colors is a better integration of FreeMind into the system. If all other programs like MS Word, Notepad, Explorer etc. use some colors for window backgrounds, window texts, selected text background and selected text, the FreeMind could use them too, coudn't it? And if you see that e.g. explorer colors differ from current FreeMind colors even after you delete auto.properties, it is a sign of some bug which still has to be investigated. So I ask you to give me a chance. Could you please report what differences between Explorer and FreeMind you see (after next update from CVS). I use Windows 2000 too and test FreeMind using j2re 1.4.13, j2re 1.5.0_12 and j2re 1.6.0_02. Many thanks, Dimitry |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-07 07:12:52
|
Dear all, why don't you just postpone this feature to a next version of FreeMind? Dimitry, if you need it immediately for your private use, why don't you just create a branch in the CVS for your private use, where you can implement all you favorite new features without further delaying the release of 0.9.0 by unrelated discussions and bug fixes? Yours sicerely, Daniel Polansky |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-07 14:13:45
|
Dimitry, you mean it is of high importance to YOU. It is obviously of much higher importance to you than the timely final release. You do not have any evidence of the importance of the feature to the larger user community of FreeMind. I am not aware of any feature request supporting that feature; there may be one though as I do not have all that a good overview. Judging from the feature requests and the numbers of people seconding them, there are feature requests of much higher importance. All in all, I think you are wrong in thinking this feature is of high objective importance. --Dan |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-09 17:12:40
Attachments:
notepad.png
|
Hi Dan, could you please send me a notepad screen shot like the attached one? I have changed some of the list settings and hope that the attachments come through. Best regards, Dimitry |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-10 21:13:23
|
Hi, > Another thing: Dimitry, can you do the smoke tests, please? I am doing the tests and see that there are still some problems with the new color features: changing of the font color for the selection is non trivial for HTML nodes. I need a bit more time to find a solution. Dimitry |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-14 10:46:49
|
Hello, I analyzed the problem and submitted some code yesterday. Now I use colors obtained from swing UIManager instead of the SystemColors. Could you check if it works better than the previous version? If it does not, I shall completely remove loading of the system colors at least for the beta 10. Dimitry. |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-07 08:01:58
|
> why don't you just postpone this feature to a next version of FreeMind? Because this feature is of particularly importance. Many times I have experienced problems using FreeMind as a presentation tool, because in the old fashion the selected node often was the worst readably one. Best regards, Dimitry |
From: Dimitry P. <dpo...@gm...> - 2007-07-14 11:10:14
|
We can not test all possible configurations by ourselves. Thats' why I propose to perform quick testing on our own configurations and to let the BETA users to do the rest. Dimitry |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-09 08:26:11
|
Hi Dimitry, attached you'll find a screenshot made using FreeMind 0.9.0 beta10 today, on Windows Vista. The colors look not exactly right. I do not know whether it is a fault of your code or a fault of Windows Vista. Fact is, FreeMind 0.7.1 looks fine. Best regards, Dan |
From: Christian F. <chr...@gm...> - 2007-07-09 10:10:03
|
Hi Dan, attachements must be sent directly to us. Over the list, they were cut off. Dimitry: I googled (Google Code Search) for the uses of the class "SystemColor" and only very few people are using them... On the other hand, a book on Java wrote about the class. Let's see, what the public says. I don't have problems to make a quick beta11 with other/fixed colors. Another thing: Dimitry, can you do the smoke tests, please? Best regards, Chris -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 10:26:11 +0200 Von: "Dan Polansky" <dan...@gm...> An: fre...@li... Betreff: Re: [Freemind-developer] Colors under Windows > Hi Dimitry, > > attached you'll find a screenshot made using FreeMind 0.9.0 beta10 today, > on > Windows Vista. The colors look not exactly right. > > I do not know whether it is a fault of your code or a fault of Windows > Vista. Fact is, FreeMind 0.7.1 looks fine. > > Best regards, > Dan -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-14 10:39:35
|
Hi Dimitry, what about disabling the new color feature, not by commenting out but by an expert option, and releasing beta 11? Thus users could get a fix for critical problems with beta 9 without having to resort to using a version with broken colors. Dan On 7/10/07, Dimitry Polivaev <dpo...@gm...> wrote: > > Hi, > > > Another thing: Dimitry, can you do the smoke tests, please? > > I am doing the tests and see that there are still some problems with the > new color features: changing of the font color for the selection is non > trivial for HTML nodes. I need a bit more time to find a solution. > > Dimitry > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Freemind-developer mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer > |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-14 10:52:48
|
Hi Dimitry, surely I could check how your fix works, but it would still be a test performed only on a single configuration of machine and operating system. Cannot you just postpone your feature to beta 12? Then there will be more time to test the feature. --Dan |
From: Dan P. <dan...@gm...> - 2007-07-14 11:22:57
|
Yeah, but that is exactly why people should have obtained beta 10 without any new untested features. Switching the feature off is easy. Where is the problem? --Dan On 7/14/07, Dimitry Polivaev <dpo...@gm...> wrote: > > We can not test all possible configurations by ourselves. Thats' why I > propose to perform quick testing on our own configurations and to let > the BETA users to do the rest. > > Dimitry > |
From: Christian F. (GMX) <chr...@gm...> - 2007-07-15 08:54:34
|
Hi Dimitry, the new colors look ok under Linux. No problem so far. Chris |