From: Garrett C <ga...@cs...> - 2000-07-19 11:55:19
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 08:16:07 +0100, Garrett C wrote: > > The text sits directly on the background, rathwer than in a surrounding > > box on the background. > > OK. I used to have this under RISC OS, but I have random backdrops, > and when the backdrop has bright colours, the text isn't readable. :( > If the (foreground) colour of the text can automatically be changed > depending on the background colours, it would really be good. Or it > should have a shadow, as you said. Text colour would be good, but for really messy backgrounds it doesn't work too well. A thin black outline around the text is my favoured method for clarity. Incidentally, I mentioned earlier about organizing icons on the pinboard ala RO4. Some of you weren't sure what this entailed. Although I haven't seen it in action myself, I seem to remember reading in Acorn User that it could organise icons on the screen according to their type. For example, you could have apps automatically iconise to the left hand side, and files to the right. You could also add alignment along the designated edge (top/ middle/ bottom or left/ center/ right). Presumably this could be made as complex or as simple as you wished through the use of MIME types? Chris. |