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Date:  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:28:25 +0200
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From:  Stan Goodman <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Jacaranda for dummies.

** Reply to message from Julian Thomas <jt@jt-mj.net> on Wed, 22 Dec 2004
16:07:30 -0500


> In <41C9C6D6.5020409@clanganke.de>, on 12/22/04 
>    at 08:11 PM, Christian Langanke <cla@clanganke.de> typed:
> 
> >> And I'm afraid at higher a resolution, for 
> >> instance 12800*1024 it just can't be seen at all.
> 
> 
> >Then you have very good reason to reduce the screen resolution.
> 
> Doesn't always work well on laptops with their LCD screens.

I have to agree with that, just from the point of view of resolution. I have
been considering moving from the widget to the standalone because I can't tell
any difference among the widget's sub-icons that report signal strength. The
shape is resolvable, but the shades of blue and grey all look pretty much
alike. (I see these only in the Help file, as I'm not yet able to operate.) But
now we're told that the icons of the standalone are like those of the widget (I
have not checked this), so that switching wouldn't bring improvement.

I have a suggestion for the widget: I do not think anyone would complain if the
widget would occupy, say, another half centimeter or even twice that, if the
additional space were used for more recognizable icons -- differing in *shape*,
please, *not* in shade. I dare say that most people use this utility in
laptops, ergo with LCD screens, which have their limitations.

The solution for the standalone utility is obvious, and others have pointed it
out: why be chintzy with icons? Make them big enough to be seen easily, and
again make them differ by shape or by primary colors, not by color saturation.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

"When your enemy falls, do not rejoice." -- Proverbs 24:17

Windows 95: n. 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.
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