Colors Options.... (Wishlist)

Colors Options.... // Wishlist

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pc hamster

Feb 20, 2002, 11:24pm
Hi everyone:

If there's ONE option which I think AW could EASILY add into 3.3 that option
would be a COLORS OPTION. By that, I mean the ability to change the color
of any given text as well as the text and worlds list backgrounds whereas we
don't have to use the default color setting for Windows.

As it is now, with my RED background, I can't even read telegrams and I can
BARELY make out what the Immigration Officer and Building Inspector are
saying. Hypertext links are okay, but it's awfully hard to read just
exactly what web page I'm opening up, so the ability to change the color of
hypertext links would also help.

Also, I'd LOVE to run a dark Windows background (which would be even
easier), but that seems to throw the AW browser off balance as objects
(especially internal objects such as furniture) appear to be all gray.
Hence the use of a red background instead.

I prefer to use darker colors because A). They're less glaring than the
standard default Windows comes with. Thus making it easier on my eyes and
B). I can IM with a blind friend of mine without having to make major
changes to my colors just to be able to see what he's saying (he types in
yellow)..

Any chance of a colors option being added to 3.3??? I sure hope so.
Besides, many IRC clients have this option. Why on earth the AW browser
doesn't is beyond me.

Cheers :-)

Patrick Cook
Owner - Hamsterville (officially known as Pub102X)
pchamster at msn.com
Denver, Colorado
Be sure to check out the new AlphaWorld Build, which starts at 5000N 294E.
See you there!!! :-)

silenced

Feb 20, 2002, 11:37pm
pc hamster (pchamster at email.msn.com) wrote on Wednesday 20 February 2002
08:24 pm:

> Hi everyone:
>
> If there's ONE option which I think AW could EASILY add into 3.3 that
> option
> would be a COLORS OPTION. By that, I mean the ability to change the color
> of any given text as well as the text and worlds list backgrounds whereas
> we don't have to use the default color setting for Windows.
>
> As it is now, with my RED background, I can't even read telegrams and I
> can BARELY make out what the Immigration Officer and Building Inspector
> are
> saying. Hypertext links are okay, but it's awfully hard to read just
> exactly what web page I'm opening up, so the ability to change the color
> of hypertext links would also help.

Well don't change the windows defaults :) Your internal text box shouldn't
really be any other color but white since a lot of programs use it.
Wouldn't red be kinda icky for that box?

> Also, I'd LOVE to run a dark Windows background (which would be even
> easier), but that seems to throw the AW browser off balance as objects
> (especially internal objects such as furniture) appear to be all gray.
> Hence the use of a red background instead.

I don't follow that. It didn't mess mine up with dark blues and blacks,
this might be a video card problem.

> I prefer to use darker colors because A). They're less glaring than the
> standard default Windows comes with. Thus making it easier on my eyes and
> B). I can IM with a blind friend of mine without having to make major
> changes to my colors just to be able to see what he's saying (he types in
> yellow)..

Dim the monitor :). If you're talking with someone on many of the IM
clients, you can usually change the background inside the IM field in your
preferences. (how does a blind person see what he's typing and what you
respond with?? try a dark blue with yellow instead of red)

> Any chance of a colors option being added to 3.3??? I sure hope so.
> Besides, many IRC clients have this option. Why on earth the AW browser
> doesn't is beyond me.

AW is infinately more complex then a standard IRC client. You can probably
zing off an IRC clients in a couple of days, but a program like AW takes
years upon years to develop.

-Silenced

zeo toxion

Feb 21, 2002, 2:36am
i agree.....i cant run my sweet looking black with orange text color scheme
because all of aws text is black and i cant see them in that color scheme so
i am forced to use light colors which are bright and if i dim my moniter so
its not so bright its hard to read the text. You should just be able to
chaneg the colors of each type of text and not the font becuase people would
choose huge fonts or bold fonts or whatever.

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pc hamster

Feb 21, 2002, 5:04am
Hi everyone:

[View Quote] Exactly Zeo!!! Just change the text color. Not the size (though one should
have the option of changing the type and boldness too, but those are
luxuries).

And Silenced, when was the last time *you* tried reading yellow text (bold
or otherwise) on a standard Windows white background??? Also, if I were to
use a cool blue background, then I couldn't see hypertext links in any of my
programs unless I had the option to change the colors in the program I was
using.

Personally, I don't think this is an unreasonable request and can easily be
done simply by adding another tab in the OPTIONS menu.

As for not being able to use the black background with my AW browser, Zeo
pointed one valid reason, however as far as *my* system is concerned, yes it
*could* be a video card compatibility issue, however since I use software
rendering due to not having a 3D graphics card, it shouldn't be. And since
the main chat text is black (and unchangable), I doubt that it's a video
issue within my system. :-)

Patrick

silenced

Feb 21, 2002, 5:29am
pc hamster (pchamster at email.msn.com) wrote on Thursday 21 February 2002
02:04 am:

> Exactly Zeo!!! Just change the text color. Not the size (though one
> should have the option of changing the type and boldness too, but those
> are luxuries).
>
> And Silenced, when was the last time *you* tried reading yellow text (bold
> or otherwise) on a standard Windows white background??? Also, if I were
> to use a cool blue background, then I couldn't see hypertext links in any
> of my programs unless I had the option to change the colors in the program
> I was using.

A couple of days ago I read some yellow on white.. I have great eyesight so
it's not a problem for me. I said *dark*-blue exactly for that reason, so
you could read the bright blue highlighted hyperlinks. It should work out
fine. Or maybe choose a medium gray, and change your displayed text to a
white color, that is the type I have. :) (works fine in linux and in
Windows)

>
> Personally, I don't think this is an unreasonable request and can easily
> be done simply by adding another tab in the OPTIONS menu.

Longer then you think to implement these things. Windows programming is a
pain in the butt no matter what you use to do it. And on the scale of a
software like AW.. it's bound to take a couple of weeks.

> As for not being able to use the black background with my AW browser, Zeo
> pointed one valid reason, however as far as *my* system is concerned, yes
> it *could* be a video card compatibility issue, however since I use
> software
> rendering due to not having a 3D graphics card, it shouldn't be. And
> since the main chat text is black (and unchangable), I doubt that it's a
> video
> issue within my system. :-)

Not all video cards are 3d graphics cards. But all 3d graphics cards are
video cards :). I didn't have a problem and I have a very very bad 3d
graphics card. So it's my opinion that it's indiginous to your system
specs.

-Silenced

kah

Feb 21, 2002, 12:23pm
Colours in chat are annoying... that stuff about messing up furniture has
got nothing to do with your windows theme/appearance settings... you
probably just need a new vid card with more memory.

KAH

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zeo toxion

Feb 21, 2002, 3:45pm
i say no changing the boldness either or PS people wouldnt feel special.....

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zeo toxion

Feb 21, 2002, 3:45pm
thats why you dotn HAVE to change the color

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kah

Feb 22, 2002, 11:06am
but when somebody else does with theirs, I *HAVE* to read their coloured
chat...

KAH

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zeo toxion

Feb 22, 2002, 4:58pm
no Kah....the colors is like a personal preferance so that you can see them
better. Only that person sees the colors, you see whatever colors you
picked. Get it now? :)

-Zeo Toxion

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silenced

Feb 22, 2002, 5:43pm
You can't see black on white? In the case of an IM client, you're forced to
see what colors they want you to see, unless you have an overide option.
Few clients have that.

-Silenced

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zeo toxion

Feb 22, 2002, 9:21pm
ok what im saying is aw could let you change the actually text color in the
chat window. Right now Windows forces the background color acording to your
color scheme which some people like different form the defualt. If they aded
an option to chnage the text color, people with black windows and white text
wouldnt be able to see the text becuase the text is always black but the
background is also chnaged ot black.

Programs can change the colors, just becuase some IM program might not have
it doesnt mean its not possible.

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metawraith

Feb 22, 2002, 11:30pm
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silenced

Feb 23, 2002, 12:22am
Yes, I know, I use it. But I wasn't referring to all-in-one clients. :)
still a nice utility to have.

-Silenced

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sir chaos

Mar 2, 2002, 12:44am
This color thing has been a thorn in my side for some while. I usually
use red text on a black background for _everything_, and have to switch
color schemes every time I enter AW, just to know if anyone is talking.

If that is too complex, how about just having the AW chat windows *NOT*
use Windows colors? Then my/our schemes can stay put, and AW can stick
with white all it wants.

-SC

zeo toxion

Mar 2, 2002, 1:49am
thats even better...just have it always use white background with black text
no matter what color windows happens to use. I use to have to change my
scheme eveyr time but i just put it back to defualt becuase it was such a
hassle.

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